Melissa needs design detective work. She sent us an email: "I own this chandelier, which I paid $75 for when a local antiques store was going out of business, and I love it. The vertical cylinders are made of cardboard (weird, right?), and the H-shaped joining pieces are made of some other lightweight material. That is all coated with some kind of faux-chrome film. This makes it very lightweight, as you can imagine, which is great for old tired ceilings.
Any idea what this thing is?"
Looks like the chandelier version of Dana's 1960's Nagel candelabra... (scroll down on Dana's house tour page)!
Just search for Nagel candle holders. Many were designed by Ceasar Stoffi for the German company. I found searching with his name came up with more references.
Here are some pieces currently available on the web.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pics.rubylane.com/graphics/shops/tinyantiquesbarn/673.1E.jpg%3F924&imgrefurl=http://search.rubylane.com/antiques/,id%3D4.2,page%3D2.html&h=120&w=120&sz=6&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=JEQUwLJG-i177M:&tbnh=88&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNagel%2Bcandle%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pics.rubylane.com/graphics/shops/acquiredtaste/1005-048.1E.jpg%3F765&imgrefurl=http://www.rubylane.com/shops/acquiredtaste/ilist/,cs%3DCollectibles:Metalware,id%3D2.26.html&h=78&w=120&sz=3&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=Zzh7kdio-Lg_uM:&tbnh=57&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCeasar%2BStoffi%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
http://www.wright20.com/wn/category/objects/individual_lots/obj_wn287-002.html
Great eye Heather! I knew I had seen that before too, but would have never guessed where.
Sorry about the two wrong links above. Here they are.
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/tinyantiquesbarn/item/673
http://search.rubylane.com/search?ss=Stoffi&hsb=Search+for+Items