Portable is not the word I'm looking for, but the best I could think of.

I love a chandelier, but hate how it pins a table to the space. Our dining room is a multi-functional space - the table needs to move around to accommodate whatever layout we need. We have a chandelier now and it's lovely - but it pins our table in place... and if we move the table, the chandelier is low enough that you'd hit your head walking past it.

What is the best way to hang a chandelier in this room and still allow ourselves freedom of table layout?

Someone told me there might be a way to install a chandelier on a long chain, and have hooks from the ceiling so you can move your chandelier around to pre-fixed locations. Could anyone shed some light on this?