DAR
The DAR headquarters makes up three connected buildings, Memorial Continental Hall (1911); The Administration Building (1923, 1949); and Constitution Hall (1929). Each structure features Caldwell lighting chosen by various architects.
CHANDELIER
EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO
1928-1929
PAINTED & GILDED BRONZE WITH CUT GLASS
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
This chandelier, one of a pair, hung in a reception area of Constitution Hall, DAR’s large meeting hall. Architect John Russell Pope used Caldwell almost exclusively in the buildings he designed. Its styling fits in perfectly with the classical look of the building.
CHANDELIER FROM CALDWELL DESIGN BOOKS
SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES, COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM
Edward F. Caldwell & Co.’s photograph of the finished chandelier from the design books. Note the cut and frosted glass shades still present on the chandelier.
SCONCE
EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, 1949-1950
BRONZE, STEEL AND GLASS
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Architect for Memorial Continental Hall Edward Pierce Casey contracted Edward F. Caldwell & Co. to supply these electric wall sconces for the north gallery originally used as the genealogy library.
SCONCE
EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, 1910-1911
BRONZE
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
In the late 1940s, the DAR asked the successor firm to John Russell Pope, Eggers and Higgins to design an extension to their administration building. They chose Caldwell fixtures to light the new spaces and augment the old. This sconce and others like it can be found illuminating the stairwells.
