Circa 1900's, Arts & Crafts Leaded Glass Inverted Dome

This beautiful acid cutback inverted dome with colonial revival design was achieved by etching through the outer layer of glass in a way to leave a very fine detail in this case swags and garlands. There is a slight difference in the two colors of glass which enhances the contrast of the pattern. The suspension rods are fluted brass with a cast brass break in the middle of each one. The canopy and acorn underneath it are also cast brass. This would make a wonderful foyer fixture. Measures 30" drop x 18" diameter x 7" shade depth. Drop can be lengthened.

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Arts & Crafts Leaded Glass Inverted Dome, Circa 1900's

Unusual Belle Epoche Large Leaded Glass Gas Pendant, Circa 1890

This is a  very large Belle Epoch caramel Slag Glass Gas Lantern. The art glass has a really beautiful texture that enhances the effect of the light coming through the 16 panels.  The metal work is very interesting and quite intricate. The container that holds all the leaded glass is mostly of brass stamped design probably to allow a little give while the form was being made. The container consists of beaded bands and floral stampings that are all leaded around the glass. There are 3 floral open work brass castings on the top of the lantern container. There is also a very nice cast leaf over the bottom finial that holds the bottom of the lantern in place. It was through this opening that the gas flame was lit and controlled by the gas key that is also visible on the bottom. The rods that suspend the lantern are fluted and there is a three light electric cluster inside with porcelain sockets.

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                                                            Unusual Belle Epoch Large Leaded Glass Gas Lantern, 

                                                             Circa 1890

Leaded Glass Inverted Dome with Floral Relief, Circa 1910

This is a wonderful large white leaded Slag Glass Inverted Dome, Circa 1910, with floral relief in the form of garlands and swags. The 19 inch diameter is accentuated by the lovely shape of the dome itself. It starts in a point on the bottom and then fans out to the full diameter creating a very interesting curve. The contour of the shade is then enhanced by the metal work on each glass panel which is all applied. Its almost as if the metal work is growing up the contour of the shade and culminates in that large diameter. The 6 sided rods that suspend the shade have stylized husks  breaks in the middle. The white slag glass is set up as a nice contrast to all this metal work. It has 3 porcelain sockets and is wired with teflon wire. You can use 3-75 watt bulbs. 

Pair of Heavy Arts & Crafts Sconces, Circa 1910

  

These are heavy Cast Brass Arts and Crafts Sconces with a beautiful old gold patina. They have 4 amber glass panels in each shade. The Cast Brass diagonal over lapping pattern of the cylinder shades is a beautiful design detail that is hammered. The overlapping is held together with copper colored rivets that were hammered in place. The cylinders are capped off with an organic crown effect which is achieved by bending leaves from the top of the cylinder to the loop that sits on each arm. There are four leaves on each cylinder. The Cast Brass Arms also with hammered detail form a yoke that is a counterbalance for the cylinder shades. The backs are hammered and echo the cylinder shades in that they have four applied braces over the wire reservoir that ends up pressing the cast plate against the wall. The plate is hammered and has four equal rectangular extensions with a hammered embossed circle in each one.

These would be really super sconces over a mantle in an Arts and Crafts house. The mellow light from the amber glass would make a great atmosphere enhancer in a Dining room or a Living room.

 

3-Light Gas Chandelier w/ Open Body Work, Circa 1890

 

This 3 Light Gas Chandelier with Open Body Work was manufactured in the early part of the 1890s when the combination form Gas and Electric Chandeliers were popular. You see many Gas and Electric Chandeliers as well as Gas Chandeliers during this time(1885-1895) with cast openwork like the detail shown on this chandelier. You can see through the open work it is actually cast as a pierced relief which lends a very deep detailing to the type of casting features. In this case it is a stylized floral spray with scrolls. It compliments the handsome and unusual arm backs very nicely. The arm backs have the scroll and floral spray detail as well.

The very nice rope tubing running up the gas pipe is finished off with a very nice fluted canopy. This fluting is also complimented by a small fluted ball on the bottom of the body. The deep etched Gas Shades with Floral spray and urns are a very nice compliment to the open body work of the metal.

Flush Fixture

A flush fixture is a fixture that fits inside about 12 / 13 inches. That means that from the ceiling to the bottom of the fixture is 12 - 15 inches. If you have 8' ceilings that is a great fixture for your house. In a house in MA there was a foyer with 9' ceilings and leaded glass in the side lights in the foyer. We had a flush fixture that the owner of the house liked and she decided it would work in her foyer. One of the reasons it worked well is because there is a staircase behind it that actually comes at a right angle to the foyer. It makes sense , coming down that staircase to not have a fixture that long. This flush fixture worked very well in that placement.  I didn't think the fixture would work but the Owner had an eye for it.

Art & Lighting

We have a client that has a lot of Art in her Georgian Colonial Home. Her ceilings are 8 1/2'. She didn't want to give up wall space because it would take up space for the Art. We had to figure out how to light the ceiling. After some discussion we settled on Inverted Domes. She didn't want to use track lighting and didn't want to have anything fight with the paintings. Inverted Domes are more Architectural so they would work best. The light is a soft light. When you have spots and you illuminate a painting it can feel like an Art Gallery. This is someone's house.

She also wanted the lights to be beautiful to make the light an integral part of the room, to have the light feel like Art. This house was a Georgian Colonial.

Height of Antique Chandelier Over Table

There are two rules I know of regarding the height and size of an Antique chandelier going over a Dining room table.
1) Don't hang the bottom of the Antique fixture less than 5 feet from the floor or 30 inches from the table top.
2) Don't exceed the width of the table with the diameter of the fixture.
The rest of it that is most of the time there is no rule to cover it.
  I usually say the height of the Antique over the table has to do with the ceiling height of that particular room. A room with a 9 foot ceiling will usually look good with a fixture hanging 5.5 feet from the bottom of the chandelier to the floor.
  A room with an 11.5 foot ceiling will look better with the chandelier hanging 6.5 feet from the bottom of the chandelier to the floor.
  It is somewhat related to your door and window frames that are more stretched out in the room with the 11.5 foot ceilings where your door frames are closer to 6 foot 8 inches when you have a nine foot ceiling.