Contemporary Classics
Lamp and Lighting Portfolio
-- Home Accents Today, 11/1/2008
This season, classical designs go modern with fresh and inventive styling. Familiar forms resurface with invigorating insight, spotlighting ancient urn, gourd and column motifs. Precious materials like crystal, marble and mother of pearl lend serious presence to these streamlined and ultra-sophisticated classics. — Tracy Bulla
Decorative Crafts refashions the urn with style to spare in antiqued mirror with hand-etched detailing and solid brass trim. Crystal columns create architectural drama in Schonbek's bejeweled lamp, brought up to date with a chic, two-toned shade ($2,795). Carolyn Kinder for Uttermost luxes up a classical, simple shape with mother of pearl and silver-plated accents ($429). A traditional gourd shape takes on modern overtones with a hammered pewter overlay and silk drum shade from Trebor/Nevets ($600). Swirls of gold ring Sterling's ribbed gourd lamp with modern, elongated neck ($188). Demure and elegant, the Montero table lamp draws inspiration from ancient Asian vessels in a charcoal ceramic glaze and ribbed eggshell linen shade from Murray Feiss. Hand-turned marble complements the classical urn shape of Wildwood's stately design ($666).


































