Discoveries by Designers: Lighting
-
1/10Light Bright
Designed in the 1950s by Verner Panton, two Capiz-shell lights, one with a brass canopy, $3,400 (above) and one with a white-painted wood canopy (www.emmersontroop.com) in Los Angeles. (June 2007)
-
2/10French Finds
A striking pair of lamps in silvered bronze by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann feature a central sculpted pinecone and an alabaster lighting bowl supported by three fluted branches and hidden by a curtain of glass pearls. The lamps, circa 1921, are available at Galerie Vallois in Paris. (February 2007)
-
3/10重要的是
Vaughan (www.vaughandesigns.com) introduces handcrafted arrow sconces, made using the lost-wax process, in brass, $1,360, bronze and nickel. Silk-or linen-laminate crescent-shaped shades, $260, are also available. (June 2007)
-
4/10Sea Light
In New York at Antiques 202 (www.antiques202.com) one might find a pair of gleaming gold-glass sconces, $3,200, from Murano. The 1950s signed shell-shaped fixtures are from the famed Seguso family workshop. (August 2007)
-
5/10Tiffany Aglow
Arlie Sulka, the Tiffany-glass expert on Antiques Roadshow, has taken over Lillian Nassau (www.lilliannassau.com), the venerable shop specializing in Tiffany glass. To celebrate the firm's 60th year, Sulka is organizing special exhibitions. "Tiffany Lamps: Genius of Illumination 1890s-1920s," March 27-May 24, shows the changes in decorative styles from the early days to just before the studio's closing. (March 2007)
-
6/10Right Light
Natural forms influence William Leslie's resin-soaked-paper-and-wood lighting. Light Sculpture, $2,600, is at the Santa Monica, California, Gallery of Functional Art (www.galleryoffunctionalart.net). (December 2007)
-
7/10X Marks the Spot
A pair of 1935 French nickel-plated-bronze sconces, $32,000 for the pair, by noted French designer Michel Dufet can be found at the Manhattan shop Alan Moss (www.alanmossny.com). (September 2007)
-
8/10Ring Cycle
The Armillary chandelier, created by designer David Iatesta (410-604-0360), has four independently moving rings. The globe, from which light emanates, is swathed in 5,416 hand-cut crystal beads that take one week to install. (December 2007)
-
9/10With Bells On
French glassworks Muller Freres crafted a striking bell-shaped lamp with a gilt-iron base, $1,400, in the 1930s. Manhattan's Galerie de France Antiques (www.dauphindescours.com) showcases the elegant piece. (August 2007)
-
10/10Spot On
A pair of original 1927 steel-and-brass cinema lights rewired for standard bulbs, $10,000, stamped "Otto K. Olesen, Hollywood," which was founded in 1905, are at Eleanor David Billet Antiques (www.eleanoranddavidbilletantiques.com). (April 2007)
