Vintage View: How to clean a chandelier

Kya deLongchamps puts a serious shine on a grubby chandelier

YOU should approach cleaning any chandelier of any age in a heightened state of terror. It’s glass, it’s heavy, it’s hovering in space and it’s almost certainly electrified. The possibilities for disaster are limitless. Remember the famous chandelier scene in Only Fools and Horses on BBC? Seriously dirty, damaged or large, important crystal pieces completely out of reach are best left to a professional — and not the cowboy variety in a three-wheeled Robin Reliant.