Sarah Drew<p>OTD the minor aristocrat whose <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/diaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diaries</span></a> I'm transcribing bought a <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/chandelier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chandelier</span></a> for his country house from <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/royal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>royal</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/glassmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glassmaker</span></a> Perry (<a href="https://bityl.co/Fk1z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bityl.co/Fk1z</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). </p><p>These status symbols weren't cheap. In 1818 the <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Regent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regent</span></a> paid £4290 for 9 chandeliers for the <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/RoyalPavilion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalPavilion</span></a> (<a href="https://bityl.co/Fk26" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bityl.co/Fk26</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). My chap would've gone less OTT &amp; more like the 2x 1782 <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Chatsworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chatsworth</span></a> chandeliers—£210. After inflation, say £150, plus ~£75-100pa for decent candles.</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Regency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regency</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/CutGlass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CutGlass</span></a>—<a href="https://bityl.co/Fk2a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bityl.co/Fk2a</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Year1819" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Year1819</span></a></p>