Renaissance Revival
Lori Lester -- Home Accents Today, 1/1/2007
Old World charm gets new life with one of the hottest trends in lighting. Traditional European styling lends elegance to iron accents and provides characteristic warmth, while natural materials and unrefined surfaces add a hand-crafted quality. There is more than a taste of Tuscany in this revisit to the Renaissance.
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Seagull Lighting's Devonshire hanging pendant combines a weathered iron finish with excavated alabaster glass to bring an Old World ambiance to any foyer or entry way ($218). |
Earthy green pottery, hammered metal and wrought iron detailing come together in Austin's Trento lamp, a piece that garners the richness of Tuscany ($200). |
Medieval style steps out of the dark ages with Arteriors' six-branch, painted iron Churchill chandelier($500). Hubbardton Forge's hand-forged Leaf pendant revives a Renaissance tradition by employing the blacksmithing techniques of skilled artisans ($727 to $910).
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The scrolling, wrought iron chandelier from Murray Feiss's Colonial Manor Collection achieves the illusion of warm candlelight through the use of antique cream scavo glass. |
The warm glow emitted by The Bradburn Gallery's Crestfield lamp extends from the cross-cut linen shade down its twisted amber glass base ($398). |
Rustic simplicity merges with sophistication in Willow Green's Low Scroll lamp, which polishes up a rusted metal lamp with ornate gilding and a posh sueded shade ($225).
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