The Candelabras
Careful examination of the ceiling during restoration revealed no trace of a ceiling rose having ever been used. It follows, therefore, that free-standing candles or oil lamps placed in strategic positions around the room would have lighted the room. The candelabras on the chimney-piece were bought by Dickens in Grenoa in 1844. Clearly, they could not have been in this room. However, they are stylistically in keeping. The double candle stand with shades on the piano is Georgian, and closely resembles the one by the light of which Dickens is reading in the celebrated sketch by Maclise of the first reading of The Chimes in John Forster's chambers.