bobeche


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bobeche, bobache

The collar fitted to a lamp holder as on a chandelier and from which glass prisms may be suspended.
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A woman who dyed her hair fair was known scathingly as a 'bottle blonde', now she's lauded as a GQ babe, and chandeliers now hang in B&Q, their plastic bobeches indistinguishable (to the untrained eye at least) from crystal.
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One highlight introduction is the Natalie chandelier--from the Contessa Collection--that features three tiers of solid brass arms adorned with chains of cut and polished Czech crystal and crystal bobeches. IHFC H220.
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