Electrolier is a

light fixture A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical lighting device containing one or more light sources, such as lamps, and all the accessory components required for its operation to provide illumination to ...

that holds electric lamps. Normally, the term designates an elaborate light fixture suspended from above, such as a large, multi-bulb pendant light. Additionally, the term is used by architects in the United States to refer to electric street lights or any exterior light fixture mounted on a pole or standard. The word is analogous to

chandelier A chandelier () is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now inca ...

, from which it was formed. An example usage of the term is found in Sir

John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman, (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architect ...

's poem "The Metropolitan Railway - Baker Street Station Buffet" from his collection "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954): "Early Electric! With what radiant hope / Men formed this many-branched electrolier, / Twisted the flex around the iron rope / And let the dazzling vacuum globes hang clear, / And then with hearts the rich contrivance fill'd / Of copper, beaten by the Bromsgrove Guild." File:Sheffield Town Hall grand staircase.jpg , Electrolier in the Grand Staircase of Sheffield Town Hall, England File:Electrolier-National FarmersBank-Owatonna-1910.jpg , Electrolier in the National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota Postcard c. 1910 File:1894 Electrolier.JPG , 1894 bronze electrolier with 45 branches in Pullman Memorial Universalist Church, Albion, NY

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