Furniture and other interior décor items of the French Empire period were defined by spare, noble, and massive forms with a studied dignity intended to convey the glory of France under the rule of Napoleon. The Zariah Chandelier takes the imprint of an Empire chandelier and remixes it for the 21st century. Metal beadwork drapes from arm to arm, softening the hard angles of the square-tubing arms and giving the piece a masculine-feminine balance.