"It was a scene of gaiety, glitter, and
show; of richly-dressed people, handsome mirrors, chalked
floors, girandole and wax-candles; and in all parts of the scene,
gliding from spot to spot in silent softness, bowing obsequiously
to this party, nodding familiarly to that, and smiling complacently
on all, was the sprucely-attired person of Angelo Cyrus Bantam,
Esquire, the Master of the Ceremonies."


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Definition: \Gir"an*dole\, n. [F. See {Gyrate}.]
1. An ornamental branched candlestick.

2. A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.

3. (Pyrotechny) A kind of revolving firework.

4. (Fort.) A series of chambers in defensive mines. --Farrow.

How does this firework look?

Also, I see that girandole comes from a word meaning to gyrate--and that the decorative ornamentation is branched. Is the idea that we have a dancer of some type dwelling within the ornament--and those arms of the dancer's spirit wish to gyrate about?