Girandole
![19th century French ormolu cut glass girandole. The cut glass on chandeliers and girandoles is cut in the style of a prism. This is why the white sunlight that shines on this girandole is split into the colours of a rainbow (lower right hand side).](/Images/godic/202501/15/Leuchter_auf_Sockel_mit_Bleikristallbehang._Vergoldeter_Rahmen,_Frankreich,_19._Jahrhundert3016.jpg")
![In a prism, material dispersion (a wavelength-dependent refractive index) causes different colors to refract at different angles, splitting white light into a rainbow.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Light_dispersion_conceptual3016.gif")
A Girandole (from French, in turn from Italian girandola) is an ornamental branched candlestick or lighting device often composed of several lights. Girandoles came into use about the second half of the 17th century, and were commonly made and used in pairs.