Becky & Joe Marinelli of Macedon, New York send along this inquiry on their chandelier find

My wife Becky and I wanted to share a find with the members of the club. Recently we visited the Premier Antique Center in Clarence, NY outside Buffalo. To our surprise and astonishment hung 9 Carder Steuben chandeliers for sale. The chandeliers were purchased by a dealer. They all hung in Gulliver’s Restaurant in downtown Chicago. The restaurant was known for its American and European antiques of the Victorian and Art Nouveau periods between 1860 and 1915. Jerry Freeman bought and filled his restaurant operated since 1965 with all sorts of antiques, but lamps and chandeliers were his specialty. In the ’70s they were tearing down a lot of old buildings in Chicago and pickers would go through and take out all these beautiful chandeliers and sconces of which he acquired some. Freeman passed away in 2006 and eventually these and others were sold off. They are all beautiful with fabulous Carder glass shades. The shades are of gold aurene or ornamentation of leaf and vine, millefiori, and pulled feather. The metal appears to be brass or bronze and all appear to be in fine condition. I am under the impression that Steuben didn’t manufacture their own chandelier metal parts. Maybe a member could enlighten us on that. We purchased one for our house entry foyer. It has six gold Aurene shades with terrific satiny iridescence on a brass acanthus leaves themed fixture. Very Art Nouveau. If anyone is interested their phone number is 716-759-0455.