Opulent theatres, opera houses and hotels wanted a statement piece and manufacturers produced chandeliers of immense size, such as the huge chandelier in the Paris Opera House whose counterweight famously broke free in 1896, killing one man, and inspiring Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera.
豪华的剧院、歌剧院和酒店需要一件独特的装饰品，制造商们生产了巨大的吊灯，比如巴黎歌剧院里的那个巨型吊灯，它的平衡重块在1896年脱落，导致一名男子死亡，激发了加斯顿·勒鲁的1910年小说《歌剧魅影》的灵感。