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| | candelabrum - HighBeam Encyclopedia |
 | | CANDELABRUM [candelabrum], primarily a support for candles, designed in the form of a turned baluster or a tapered column, also a branched candlestick or a lampstand. |
 | | In that period the distinctive form of the candelabrum came also to be a ubiquitous decorative motive, used freely in architectural ornament, tapestry borders, stained-glass windows, and furniture. |
 | | It was even converted (especially in Lombardy) into a definite architectural element, taking the place of a column or colonnette, as in windows of the Certosa at Pavia. |
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