Although they've been around for several years now, I first saw one of these multi-tasking chandeliers a couple of years ago in the kitchenware department at the Bon Marché in Paris. The one above hangs over diners in a rustic restaurant in Corsica. The wine glasses are individually suspended from forked prongs to make removal easy for use and/or cleaning. Otherwise what a terrible dust trap or nid à poussière.
Vocabulary
un nid: a nest
la poussière: dust
un verre à vin: a wine glass
un verre de vin: a glass of wine
un lustre: a chandelier (in English)
un chandelier: a candlestick; a candleholder
Photo courtesy of Pierre Lechanteux
©2012 P.B. Lecron
