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LIGHTING An Exploration for Old-house Owners & Designers
Here’s our curated selection of information about lighting — everything from early American tin and turned-wood chandeliers to mica lamps; Art Deco slipper shades to Sputnik pendants. Find information on metal finishing and rewiring, too!
The Guild: Tom Richard at Old California Lighting
With years of experience in virtually every aspect of the lighting business, Tom Richard followed his passion for Arts & Crafts.
Lighting to Accent & Define Arts & Crafts Interiors
Bungalows, Tudors, and Foursquares date to the electric era, after all, so lighting is integral to the Arts & Crafts interior. Craftsman lighting adds immeasurably to the mood.
Arts & Crafts Genre Lighting
As scholarship has grown and the revival has embraced many diverse roots, we better recognize sub-styles in work that emerged during the first and second decades of the 20th century in Arts & Crafts lighting.
Artifaqt
Designers and makers of finely crafted switchplates, lighting, paper towel holders, serveware and more.
Delta Copper
Over 20 years of professional experience in arts and crafts, lighting, and metalwork, beginning by crafting sterling silver jewelry and metal sculpture.
A Look at Lighting & Metalwork: Fixtures, Lamps & Hardware
Choosing lighting may be the most fun you can have when you are decorating a house. Arts & Crafts-era lighting was designed from the beginning for electricity. That led to an explosion of forms, both traditional (based on candlestick or gaslight) and brand new.
Kitchen & Bath & Tile: Approaches for Revival Design
Suggestions for period-inspired cabinets, fixtures and materials for walls and floors.
From the Archive: Exotic Glass Shades of the Time
Verde Iridile, Agalite, and Cuirass: These romantic trade names were the marketing monikers for a popular series of Arts & Crafts-inspired lighting shades of deceptive beauty.
Lighting & Metal Arts: Styles from Syracuse to Pasadena
A look at light fixtures, art lamps and glass, hardware and metalwork of the Arts & Crafts Revival.
Arts & Crafts Collectibles
In the home of an Arts & Crafts dealer, we find prized furnishings, lighting, and tableware, all objects of discernment in an unfussy setting. Because they add color, style notes, and history, small things make the difference.
What’s in Your Socket?
Finally, technology is catching up with aesthetics. You can stop stockpiling energy-gobbling incandescent light bulbs.
Collections Fill a Pasadena Bungalow
Do-it-yourself rescue of a handsome house made it the perfect backdrop for a wealth of period art and furnishings. Now it’s like a step back in time in this Pasadena bungalow.
Arts & Crafts Lighting & Hardware
Like jewelry for your home, the lighting and metalwork add style and shine in copper and brass and iron.
Artist Glenn Pankewich
Artist Glenn Pankewich has been restoring, interpreting, and finding new inspiration in the art glass of a century ago.
Planning for Lighting
Whether your house dates to 1905 or was built last year, a thoughtful approach to lighting will reward you with comfortable, functional rooms.