lighting

Gallenberg Studio’s mahogany and ebony-pegged sconce

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.

Decorative Accessories

Designers and makers of finely crafted switchplates, lighting, paper towel holders, serveware and more.

Period Lighting

Over 20 years of professional experience in arts and crafts, lighting, and metalwork, beginning by crafting sterling silver jewelry and metal sculpture.

Lamps

Lighting & 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.

The era’s white kitchens were interpreted for this Oregon Foursquare; the banquette incorporated the original wainscot. Photo: William Wright

Kitchens & Baths

Suggestions for period-inspired cabinets, fixtures and materials for walls and floors.

Example from the Macbeth–Evans Glass Shades Catalogue of 1912.

Lighting & Hardware

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.

A burnished brass double pendant fixture from Rejuvenation lights the island in a kitchen designed for a 1912 house. Photo: Bill Lusk

Lighting & Hardware

A look at light fixtures, art lamps and glass, hardware and metalwork of the Arts & Crafts Revival.

Furniture & Interior Style

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.

Lighting & Hardware

Finally, technology is catching up with aesthetics. You can stop stockpiling energy-gobbling incandescent light bulbs.

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Collectibles & Accessories

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.

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