白金汉宫33

So you've got this style here, with the two drops and then the longer drop. And then you've got this sort of balloon-shaped glass. Yes. And these are the bigger droplets? Exactly, and then all the little saucers and everything has been cut. These are little crowns at the top? Yes, and I think that these arms are supposed to represent sceptres, so it was obviously very specifically royal. They make this amazing tinkle, as well. Yes. And what came next? Was it gas? A lot of the palace was converted to gas, but in fact the chandeliers, I think, went straight from candles to electricity. And the gas light would have given off a lot of heat. I mean, the candles did too, actually, and Queen Victoria, quite often in her diary, she writes about some party that she has given, saying, "It's terribly hot," and that was because of the candles burning. I mean, the manpower involved in maintaining a chandelier like this was huge, and we have descriptions of a party George IV gave, describing the number of staff, and he had 30 people just to keep the candles lit. It's not an understatement, is it, this chandelier? No. It's just excess in every way, but in the most beautiful taste. Yes. It's very easy to laugh at George IV for gilding everything, but I think when you see something like this and you realise everything would have been flickering in this amazing candlelight, it gives you an idea of what he was trying to achieve in his interiors. It just must have been amazing to see.

得先设计出个样式，然后按部就班一步一步制作，再切割出这种气球状的物件。 没错。 还要切割这些大一点的物件？ 是的，所有的小托盘和其他的物件都是切割出来的。 这上面是小皇冠？ 是的。我想是用这些权杖来表示王权的有很明显的王室意味这些东西也是闪闪发亮。 是的。 灯是用瓦斯的吗？ 很多宫殿已经使用了瓦斯，但事实上这些水晶灯，直接是用电的。瓦斯灯会散发出很多热气，用蜡烛的话也会的。 所以呢，维多利亚女王经常会在她的日记里写到那些宫殿太热了。 就是因为燃烧的蜡烛，况且维护这些巨大的水晶灯需要很多人力。 以前有个说法，乔治四世国王，仅用于维护水晶灯蜡烛的佣人，就达到30人之多。这应该不是空穴来风的说法，用这种过度的奢华，表现他高尚的品味。 是的，乔治四世爱慕虚华，也经常被人耻笑。但你看到这些东西的时候，除了一些摇曳的烛光，你也会看到，乔治四世内心想要得到的东西，这肯定也能让人感到惊诧~。