This Art Deco chandelier is a dramatic star-shaped pendant by Charles J. Weinstein, designed around 1931, formed as a three‑dimensional Moravian‑style star. The body consists of numerous long, jagged molded‑glass rays—clear but partly frosted and bevelled—set into a metal frame (typically chrome‑plated or gilt) and suspended from a ceiling canopy by a robust chain, creating a crystalline, celestial effect when lit.
Charles J. Weinstein Company was a New York–based lighting firm active primarily in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for high‑end Art Deco fixtures with strong geometric and “starburst” forms. The company specialized in importing and producing distinctive molded‑glass and metal lights, supplying major interiors such as Loew’s Kings Theater and other grand movie palaces of the period
In the early 1930s the firm collaborated with Czech glass designers and factories (notably Heinrich Hoffmann of Gablonz) on complex molded‑glass chandeliers, including the famous Moravian‑style star and spiked pendants now highly sought after at auction. The business later continued under the slightly altered name Charles J. Winston & Co., Inc., still described in period trade literature as “importers and makers of distinctive lighting,” which confirms its evolution rather than a completely new entity.