tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119370732011-12-29T04:51:50.400-08:00A personal gallery of the most beautiful lighting fixtures available online.Isadoranoreply@blogger.comBlogger1091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11937073.post-65065985411909174622011-09-16T06:20:00.000-07:002011-09-16T06:20:21.647-07:00

Check out this bedroom lighting guide video for some great bedroom lighting ideas.

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Here is a beautiful art deco lamp built into the wall of an old train passenger compartment. Photo via sldownard at Flickr.

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Here is an Aurora Table Lamp captured courtesy of DigitalNative at Flickr. He notes:Before electricity was available these Japanese lanterns played a huge role in everyday life. They had to be practical and durable as well as fitting in with traditional Japanese design.They were very simple boxes or rectangles built from wood and covered in rice paper just like the sliding shoji doors in the

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Here is a funky wall lamp idea via Danica at Flickr.

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Here's a good video on introductory bathroom lighting ideas.

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This beautiful wall fixture is made with Czech, English cut clear glass beads trapped in stainless steel wire cloth lined with opal glass.See more at McEwen Lighting Studio.

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Here's the beautiful chandelier that hangs in the Stanley Center for the Arts. It weighs 6,500 pounds. It's lit up by LEDs and will not have to be touched for about 50 years thanks to the LED's long life expectancy. Read more about it here.

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This OLED chandelier is an example of OLED based lighting solutions for decorative purposes. See more about LED lighting here.

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Check out some neat restaurant lighting ideas at LampLust. Shown here are the Mood Light Rechargeable Flameless Candles, the Traxon Mood Light Panel and Flameless Candles.

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Here's a red floor lamp with a funky flower pattern by Lizzie McQuire. It's 60 inches in height and the lampshade is 10 inches wide. It's available at Amazon for $105.

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Here's a video showing 40 Tiffany lamps made between 1900 and 1918. These lamps were all part of one person's collection; The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Long Island City, NY.

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Here's a six foot tall torchiere in rich bourbon finish with golden highlights. The hand-tailored shade features an interior of ivory crepe suspended within a shimmering screen of bronze organza. It's part of the Quadralli collection at Fine Art Lamps.

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Here's some funky lighting you will find at the Chalet Bouquetin in the village of St Jean de Belleville. See more photos of more of the rooms in the chateau.

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Here's some attractive ambient lighting at the Parklane hotel. The lights illuminate the sun motif.via who.log.why

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Check out the various inspiring photos of colorful chandeliers on Flickr at Chandelicious. Shown here are 1. Gorgeous pink crystal chandelier, 2. colorful, 3. COLORWARE, 4. Anthropologie chandelier, 5. Chandelier at Tavern, 6. Pink champagne on ice, 7. Untitled, 8. The three chairs, 9. Murano chandelier, 10. my aunt's new fantastic (plastic !) chandelier, 11. Untitled, 12. Pink Chandelier, 13.

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Here's a beautiful photo of some colorful paper lanterns. It's hard to believe but this photo was taken with a simple phone camera. It's in a lighting store at a mall.Via ishrona at Flickr.

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Here's some intriguing 'wallpaper lighting' by Diedrich Walls. Instead of using electric lights we can light up our rooms with glowing wallpaper. Energy efficient fiber optics are used here. Read more about this innovative lighting technique here.

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If you´re interested in lighting fixtures from the 1950´s and 1960´s, this is a great video of examples of what was the height of style during this era.See vintage modern lighting here,

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Light Power is an antique lighting store in Boston. It features lighting fixtures from between 1840 to 1940. Most of the inventory comes from antique dealers who don´t specialize in antique lighting fixtures. Here´s a video showing some of the unique fixtures available at the store. These antique fixtures best suit historic homes such as Victorian, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Brownstone and

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Compact fluorescent light bulbs are so much better than the regular light bulbs most of us use. They are much cheaper because they last longer and even more importantly they help reduce global warming. NPR has a great article about compact fluorescent light bulbs.The compact fluorescent bulb will fit into the same fixture wherever you use a regular bulb. However, they use about 1/3 of the

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Here is a stunning example of the custom lighting fixtures you can order at Beta-Calco. Their focus is on contemporary design and constant innovation. They are leaders in the design of architectural luminaires for compact fluorescent lamps.

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Here's the Bedazzled pendant by Tech Lighting. It's a whirl of copper wires embellished with curlicues and multicolored beads. Includes six feet of field-cuttable suspension cable. Includes low-voltage, 50 watt MR16 flood lamp and six feet of field-cuttable suspension cable.It retails for under $200.

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This lit-up deer is showing up on more lawns each Christmas. It's called the "Animated Standing Deer" and it has 200 small clear lights attached to it. It's 48 inches and made from a powder-coated pre-wired metal frame. Is this the same christmas reindeer lights sculpture Home Depot was selling last year? If so, the price has dropped a lot. You can now pick one up for only $30 dollars.

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Here's the unique Garland light designed by Tord Boontje and made out of laser-cut brass. It's only $80 and you can buy it at Moss.

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This is the Blossom Chandelier designed by Tord Boontje for Swarovski Crystal Palace. It replicates a cherry branch and can be adjusted to be blink at two different speeds or to be constanly on. It is made with pink and clear Swarovski crystal with white LED lights. The smaller version goes for $21,000. The Washington Post calls it 'pure couture'. You can buy it at Moss.

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This beautiful floor lamp is part of the 'dandelion series designed by Richard Hutten for MOOOI. It's made using laser-cut powdercoated white steel and is 67 inches tall. Expect to pay over $2,000 for it. It's worth it as a beautiful piece of art.

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These gorgeous pendant lights are called Helios Pendant lights and designed by Jeff Goodman for his jGoodDesign firm. They are lollipop shaped and made from hand-blown glass and finished with natural aluminum. Here's the blurb from Jgooddesign.com;Sensuous, fluent curves. Reminiscent of the sun.Flattened form bulges in the center, allowing for the bulb. Sparkles of light are refracted in

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Here's an original idea for LED lighting. This is a home-made LED lit dining table. It has a frosted glass top lit by 448 multicolored LEDs that respond, in a complex and gentle fashion, to input generated by motion above the table while people are eating.Lenore, the creator gives us the details;"The LEDs are controlled by a 16-node 1-D analog computer network. Each node has an amplified

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These very funky high-tech pendants are called "Duplex" by FontanaArte. They were designed by Carlo Tamborini. The diffuser is made from methacrylate and available in blue, red or satin white. A polished steel raceway attaches the fixture to the ceiling.

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Here are the nifty pod lens lamps which look like flower buds and are designed by Ross Lovegrove for Luceplan. They are waterproof and available in four colors. You can drape them over anything inside or outside your house.

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I really like this room divider floor lamp. The photo shown here doesn't really do it justice. It's called the Orgel floor lamp/room divider and it's available at your local IKEA store. It's dimmable; from general light to mood light. It's four feet tall and you can pick it up for under $40 new.

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This beautiful light is actually a floor lamp wired to the ceiling. What a brilliant idea!The photo of this original lighting design is by by LostNowFound at Flickr.

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Forecast Lighting continues to design some of the most beautiful lighting fixtures available anywhere. Here is their new pendant shade in black and white glass. Unfortunately they don't sell directly to the customer but you can still order all their products from Lightolier. Forecast was acquired by Lightolier in 1992. They were founded in the early 1970's in southern California. Today the

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This is the Mood-Light Flat Tile. It's a very cool idea for incorporating LED's into lighting wall art.Each tile is about twenty by twenty inches. The panel conceals LED's that move about in an infinite variety of colors. You can create your own color combinations with the remote control that comes with this innovative product. The sound mode displays color effects in sync with music beats. The

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Mathmos, a lighting company based in the U.K., has created this innovative ergonomic minilamp that cycles through a rainbow of beautiful colors. The lamp is made of mouth blown glass and uses LED lights to phase through a complete spectrum of colors, creating a soothing ambiance. It comes with a one year guarantee.You can buy these blimp lamps via Amazon for $49 each.

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I love Forecast's new Hollywood Hills Lighting Collection. It consists of the chandelier, full flush-mount and suspension lighting fixture shown here as well as two different types of wall scones and a pendant light. See the full collection at Lumens Lighting.

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This is the glass 'Lily Pendant' by LBL Lighting of Chicago. It's available at Lumens Lighting in Sacramento California.It comes in polished chrome or satin nickel finishes. And the diffusers can be amber, black, orange or red.

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When it comes to underwater lighting innovations, here's a completely new way to light up your pool at night. It's LED pool lighting by C.A.L.D.C.A.L.D. makes L.E.D. lighting systems for swimming pools. They use classic ladder and handrail models and make them light up - literally.This is their Gemini Ladder. It's made of cast acrylic and powered by North Star or Solar Lighting System.

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If you own a small retail store and are looking for a neon 'open' sign light, this could be the perfect neon light for you. It's a two color OPEN neon sign, quite small; only 9.5 inches in width and 4.5 inches in height. It fits well on window sills and shelves. It has a very quiet transformer and sells for less than $20 on Amazon.

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These table lamps are part of The Contemporary Wallpaper Collection at Zia-Priven Design. They have several different wallpaper styles to choose from and the shades are available in cylinder or drum styles. The base shown here is lucite (walnut is also available).Zia-Priven Design is one of the fastest growing New York lighting design companies. The company was founded in 1999 and specializes in

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This is Kenroy's tasteful version of a funky Genie Lamp. It's got an aged silver finish. The ball shade comes in a variety of colors (check out the gorgeous dark red one too). The lamp is seventeen inches tall and the shade is 17 inches in diameter. It costs $46.00.

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Here's a unique type of table lamp. It's a torchiere table lamp available at Restoration Hardware.The Beaux Arts Table Torchiere Lamp is inspired by the Art Nouveau of the early 1900's. It is styled with hand-rubbed antiqued finished and a seeded glass reflector. It has a burnished bronze finish, a high/low switch and the shade is five inches in diameter at the top.Check it out at Restoration

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Ikea has an innovative and fun selection of children's lighting options. The pendant lamp shown here is called the 'blimp'. It creates a fun pattern of moons, stars and planets in your children's room and was designed by Anna Efverlund. It uses a halogen bulb which is included. The pendant is 27 centimeters in diameter.

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This is a beautiful idea for lighting. It's one of the most original and beautiful table lamps I've seen and will definitely grab anyone's attention regardless of what else may be in your room. It's called the Sphere Table Lamp and is designed by Marco Agnoli. It's on sale now at Nova68 Modern Design for $2,000. There are twelve handblown Italian glass balls surrounding seven clear light bulbs in

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If you're looking for a piano lamp there is a great variety online to choose from these days.Amazon has a collection of over three hundred piano lamps! They are made by quality manufacturers including House of Troy, Belami Lighting, Lamps Plus, Kenroy and Holmes.Prices range from $30 to over $300. Check out Amazon's piano lamps collection here.

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Ikea has a great selection of beautiful paper table and floor lamps. The STORM table lamp is the newest in their collection.It is twenty eight inches tall with a diameter of about nine inches. It's made of different shades of handmade paper and emits a soft mood light.Best of all, it's only ten dollars!For now, this lamp is only available in their stores; you can't order it online.Check out

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Here's the very beautiful Calix Table Lamp. 'Calix' is a word meaning either a small drinking-cup or wine cup. It is often depicted as part of the scenery on ancient vases to represent drinking-scenes. The word 'calix' is also a short form of 'callistus', a latin name derived from the greek 'kallistos'. And kallistos means "most beautiful".This Calix table lamp was first produced by Uttermost in

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These unique and beautiful table lamps were designed by Inoda + sveje. The design is breathtaking in its simplicity. The lamps were exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. They are not yet manufactured. The company is seeking a manufacturerer for them.Inoda +sveje is a design firm based out of Milano in Italy.

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These are Christmas snowflake lights. How unique - it's a brand new innovation in Christmas lighting. I haven't seen these anywhere yet. But I do know they are a hot item.The lights come with an image projector that has 16 white image discs included. Not only do you get snowflake Christmas lights but you can also see white running deers, gliding skaters, flying angels, Bethlehem stars or shooting

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I've been noticing a lot more lit up reindeers, does and bucks on front lawns this Christmas season. They're kind of cute and kids just love them. The buck with antlers shown here has 210 mini-lights attached to it. It's made out of natural rattan grapevine and is about two feet tall. It costs $59 at Home Depot, but you won't find it in the store, you need to order from their catalogue or from

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Here's a unique LED lighting idea. Designed by Rob Slewe, these flowerpots are lit up with LED lights and can be placed indoors or outdoors. They are large but lightweight. Indoors, they could serve as a side table or coffee table with a plate of glass placed on top. They make a great lighting accessory by your pathway, swimming pool or pond. They come in several different colors including red,

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These Christmas Lanterns would look beautiful on your front porch, patio or walkway to your home. They are called Snowflake Lanterns and are made of brass with nickel plating. They hold tea lights and have a snowflake design on all four sides.The lantern stake is five feet tall and the lanterns are just over seven inches in height.They cost about $33 USD at Restoration Hardware.

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These unique gorgeous snowflake Christmas ornaments would look great on your Christmas tree, or dangling from your ceiling or sparkling in your windows.There are two styles shown here. The glass and capiz styles. They are sold in sets of four for about $40 and are five inches in diameter.You can buy them at Restoration Hardware online.

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It doesn't get much more unique and leading-edge as far as Christmas lighting options go. This poinsettia comes equipped with fiber optic lights!It's a sixteen inch 'Ice Bavarian Fiber Optic Red Poinsettia Christmas Bush'by the National Tree Company This original Christmas decoration is also availale in the white flower version.I expect we'll be seeing more fiber optic Christmas light

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In terms of unique and funky lighting fixtures, the best in Boston lighting store retailers is Wolfers Lighting.For some bright idea inspiration, go to their store and showroom and look around. Here are two examples from their lighting collection. The white chandelier is the "Luna" chandelier. The red pendants on the right are 'golf pendants'. This is a low voltage

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Here is the beautiful Alfea floor lamp. It's a design by Enzo Ciampalini for Lamp International based out of Volterra, Italy. The Alfea floor lamp is manufactured by Illuminating Experiences, a manufacturer and distributer of lighting products based in New Jersey, USA. Illuminating Experiences is in turn owned by NEMO, an Italian company of the Cassina group.The Alfea Floor Lamp is about two feet

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One of the most elegant paper table lamps I've seen is the one shown here. The brand name is 'Orgel' and it is available at IKEA stores.The shade is made of paper and the table lamp base is steel in clear lacquerIt is six inches in width and 22 inches tall. It gives off a beautiful soft mood light. Despite the shade being made of paper it is guaranteed to be highly safe electrically.It's also

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These indoor Christmas lights have been available at IKEA stores for a couple of years now. The brand name is Glansa and they are called Glansa hanging lights.They are really pretty, very popular and always sell out. This image here doesn't really do them justice. The stars come in three different colors, white, red or yellow. You need two sets for a large window as they are about 40 inches

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Introduction to compact fluorescent torchieres:A torchiere is a lamp that directs light up for indirect illumination. The light is then reflected off the ceiling. Most torchieres you find today are 'halogen torchieres' with halogen bulbs.A nifty alternative is the compact fluorescent torchiere. An example is shown on the right here.The wonderful benefits of a compact fluorescent torchiere (CFT)

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LED Christmas lights are the way to go this holiday season. They make the perfect decoration for Christmas trees, inside or outside the house holiday decorations and look fantastic on storefront windows.LED stands for light-emitting diode. The LED technology uses up to 95% less energy and lasts at least seven times longer than standard light strings. In addition LED lights are much more durable.

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Here are some beautiful examples of wrought iron pendant lighting. These high-quality pendant fixtures retail for between $400 and $700. The first photo here is the wrought iron four light pendant by Minka-Lavery. It's 25 inches in width and 40 inches in height.The second photo is a wrought iron pendant light, also by Minka-Lavery. It's named the Mission Inn pendant.The third example is a two

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This is the serene mood enhancing Zen Floor Lamp. It's a popular item these days in some social circles. It has a wood frame with plastic PVC panels on the front and back which serve as shades. These shades look like frosted glass when lit up.You can see more details about this Bellacor Zen-like lamp at Amazon .

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Here are some beautiful lighting ideas for your coffee shop.This fabulous photo was taken by merialc in a coffee shop in Birmingham.For good coffee shop lighting design ideas, I would recommend going to your nearest Starbucks store and having a look. I find the typical Starbucks store has beautiful and modern lighting design ideas. The two photos taken here are from a Starbucks store. The

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These pipeline lanterns would beautify any outdoor evening event in your garden or on your patio. They are 137 centimeters high, a pair costs $58 and they are made of wood, stainless steel and high-quality resin. All you need is some lamp oil. They come with extinguishing caps that slot neatly into the pole. These fine outdoor torches could also make a lovely gift.See more about these lanterns at

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Someone asked me if I have any examples of funky lighting fixtures on this gallery blog. Well, I consider all the lighting fixtures shown here to be funky! Funky is a nebulous word. It can mean 'uncomplicated', 'emotional' and/or 'fashionable'. In this sense, I think many of the examples shown on this site would apply. But here are some examples of particularly funky lighting fixtures from

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This is the beautiful Lusik table lamp. It's part of the table lamp collection at Warisan Lighting. This particular lamp is highlighted under their restaurant lamps collection.Warison Lighting produces over 120 models of unique lamps and lighting fixtures. They are a division of Warison; a specialized manufacturer of furniture, lighting and accessories. They are located in Bali and opened their

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Here is a very unique piece of outdoor lighting. It's a lighted welded steel trellis sculpture produced by Mystic Trellis. A cast iron pinnacle holds the lighting fixture and casts the light downward. The wiring is enclosed in a PVC case and metal conduit on the inside of the vertical flat bar.Mystic Trellis is a company based in Bozeman, Montana. They produce both lighted and unlighted trellises

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This beautiful lamp with a stone base is part of a show gallery of lamps available at Zen Stone Lighting. These lamps were created by artist Barry Benson.Each lamp base is hand made and unique. The stones are shaped naturally and are only cut at the base to provide stability. The handcrafted lamp shades are made from silk, mulberry, banana and Kozo and abaca fiber papers.These lamps would look

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Here is an elegant gothic candlestick style table lamp. The shades are mini provincial oval shaped, ombre dyed red into copper and rust. The lamp is over twenty inches tall. These 'ornate gothic heraldic shield' table lamps are available from Kathleen Caid's Antique Artistry in Los Angeles. They are priced at $3,210 for a pair.Caid creates beautiful period lighting fixtures. Her work is available

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Shades of Elegance is based in Cheshire, UK and has been designing elegant and high quality lampshades for many years. Check out their online gallery of some of their finest work here.You can give them fabric that you've already selected, or they can recommend the fabric to you. Their fabrics are very high quality and include opulent silk dupions, luxury brocades, embroidered and handprinted

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Here is the beautiful Iron Scroll Lamp from the people at Paso Robles Ironworks. I love the elegant lamp stand but the lamp shade could be improved on.Paso Robles Ironworks specializes in making the finest drapery rods. But they also have other products including this handforged iron scroll lamp on a hammered iron dish. They are located in Paso Robles California and ship their products

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Here is a stunning lantern. It's available from the people at Iron Elegance and it's called the Multicolor Greek Lantern.The frame is a unique teardrop shape. The frame is created first, and the glass is hot blown into the iron frame. It is ten inches in diameter and fourteen inches tall. Cost is $79.00Iron Elegance is based in Madison, Ohio. They have a very professional website. They have

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Here is a beautiful porch chandelier handmade by the people at Black Mountain Iron Works. It is three feet in diameter. Cost is $1,200.Black Mountain Iron Works specialize in hand forged wrought iron items. In addition to several classic choices for chandeliers and other lights, doors, railings and gates they also design custom work.

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The elegant wall scone you see pictured here is a hand-made paper scone crafted by the people at Ambient Art Lamps.Ambient Art creates paper table and floor lamps, scones and pendants.The decorative paper on the outside of their lamps is protected with sturdier paper underneath to give it strength. They use wood for the bases and structures rather than metal or plastic. Only non-toxic materials

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This is a breath-taking glass table lamp produced by Veste Glass in the Czech Republic.Veste Glass is known for their crystal chandeliers and other handmade glass products.All of their artists have graduated from the famous Czechoslovak School of Arts.See more of their glass lighting products here.

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Tin lanterns are back in style. The Backwoods Tin Shop can't keep up with demand. There is a six week backlog for their orders. They have been making hand made items from tin, copper and stainless steel since 1994.They make their products with a few small forming machines that were typically used in the 18th century. Their products are reproductions of tin lanterns from the Early American

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Here is a beautiful floating glass pendant. These would look great in the contemporary kitchen or dining room. They are available from Belami Lighting.

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This is a hand made Murano glass desk lamp with a tulip shaped shade. It is twelve inches tall. Murano glass from Italy is often considered to be the highest in quality worldwide. Murano is a small island off Venice, where at least half of the population works in the glass industry.Check out more Venetian glass products at Venetian Glass Art.Also check out tiffany glass table lamps here.

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This is a glass chandelier in turquoise and light blue with 117 individual pieces. It's a creation by Ed Pennebaker. Pennebaker is one of the top 'glassmakers' in the U.S. His glass art has been exhibited at the White House. He has also been named by Early Amercan Homes magazine as "Best Traditional Craftsman". Pennebaker began working with glass in 1980. See his work at The Art Lighting Gallery.

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This has got to be the hottest innovation in 'lamps'.The "Ambient Orb" is a small earth-shaped lamp that glows different colors depending on how your stock portfolio is doing. If you are one of those people (like me) who are continuously checking on their stock portfolio during the day and feel compelled to sit on the computer and hit the refresh button, this product would be a good time

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Georgian lanterns at their best. This image was created by Martin Moos in Dublin, Ireland, at sunset.

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Here are some examples of Art Nouveau Lamps. I find these quite tacky, but everyone is entitled to their individual taste."Art Nouveau" is one of those terms adopted from the French to sound sophisticated, but it merely means "new art" if literally translated. Many people get 'art nouveau' and 'art deco' mixed up. "Art Nouveau" refers to a popular form of decoration during the late 19th and early

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There is probably no better way to attract attention to your retail store or outdoor cafe than with the strategic use of beautiful lamps and lights. Here is a gorgeous fine art print of outdoor lamps by Erin Clark.

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This table lamp is known as the "Heron Halog" and was designed by Isao Hosoe. It won the Chicago Atheneum Good Design Award in 1996. It is designed such that the head of the lamp always remains parallel with the work surface. The lamp has microwheels installed in the base to make it easy to moveThe Heron table lamp is available in metallic colours of silver, yellow, red and blue and in moulded

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Here's a photo of a shop window with some intriguing lamps. The photo was taken by lunaryuna.The red lamp is spectacularly original. I've never seen a table lamp quite like this one.

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Here's the popular "itty bitty" book light from Zelco. It's the best way to read a book and not keep your partner up at the same time. I'm off on a trip for the next month and maybe I'll take one of these tiny lamps along. I'll be posting again in late June.Check out the "itty bitty" book light at Amazon.

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This is the beautiful zodiac lamp hanging off the ceiling of the rotunda at the New York Botanical Garden. This gorgeous photograph was taken by 'van in nyc'.If you happen to be in New York before June 12th, check out their spring flower show. The NYBG is one of the world's largest gardens, a full 250-acre site in New York City's Bronx borough. It contains 48 different kinds of gardens. NYBG has

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Here is Coba's stunning black and white photo of London's Tower Bridge from below.The Tower Bridge in London is one of the most famous bridges in the world. It was completed in 1894. The towers are covered in ornate Victorian masonry. The lighting fixtures add a very handsome touch.

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Here are two very spectacular stained glass chandeliers.This is the Northern Lights Chandelier by James Nowak. His work is very much influenced by the beauty of the maritime Pacific Northwest. The Northern Lights are a theme in a few of his works. See more examples of his lighting designs at The Art Lighting Gallery.This is the Greek Key Hanging Light. It is a fused silver glass hanging light

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Track lighting can enhance any kitchen. These are a couple of beautiful examples of mono rail track lighting from Tech Lighting. Tech Lighting is a leading company in innovative low-voltage lighting systems. Their rails are hand-bendable, so you can customize the look for the ideal shape for your room. See more examples of mono rail lighting fixtures at Tech Lighting.

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Track lighting for the nursery or kid's room is a very unique idea. This beautiful Mono Cloud (mono rail) track lighting set was inspired by someone at Tech Lighting. I think most kids would really treasure this sort of lighting fantasy.These are the Candela rechargeable lamps.Children love candles and most kids would probably be thrilled to have these candle-like lights in their bedrooms. The

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This is a strikingly beautiful tiffany table lamp. See more details on the Otono Prairie Pottery Tiffany Table Lamp at Amazon.This is a highly original and gorgeous tiffany lamp.See the "Prairie Mosaic Tiffany Table Lamp" at Arcadian Lighting.I love this peacock design. It's a Paul Shalom Tiffany design.See this lamp at Arcadian LightingA very elegant table lamp with Tiffany glass. See this

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Here are two very funky floor lamps.This is the futuristic looking fluorescent matrix lamp. It would look fabulous in a contemporary minimalist decor setting. It's designed by Adesso and matching floor and table lamps are available. View more details at iFurn Hip and Funky Lamps.This is the Glowing Blaze floor lamp. It has a painted orange inner shade and emits a beautiful colorful glow. The

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Are you looking for a gift for the sailor in your life? These two lamps would make beautiful nautical gifts for sailor enthusiasts. They're practical gifts too, something you could be sure they could use in at least one room in their house.This is the sextant table lamp featuring an antiqued-brass sextant mounted on a black leather pedestal. See more details about this sailor's lamp here.This

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This is an antique globe table lamp. For the historian or antiquarian enthusiast, this would look fabulous in their library or home office. The lamp has a removable globe on a beveled wood base and there is an Old World Mapin parchment shade. See more details at the Woodworkers Auction.

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This is the Golf Club table lamp. Wouldn't it make the perfect gift for the golfer in your life? There are three hand-worked iron clubs with real leather grips on a wood stained base. See more details about this golf club table lamp at Woodworkers Auction.

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This is an exquisite lamp with radiant color. It's made of porcelain and has a three way switch. It is 32 inches in height. Check out the Rustique Lamp at Neiman Marcus.This is the chic and ultra modern Mini Metro table lamp. The color pictured is Fuschia but it also comes in other colors. Here is a 'stacked block' lamp. Check out more details at Neiman Marcus. This is a crystal urn-shaped base.

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Here are five very different styles of lighting for your pool table area. Which option would look best with the styling of your billiard room?This is a three-light, twin-chain island fixture in painted bronze finish. The glass is handblown. See more details about this Thomas Lighting Painted Bronze IslandThis is a very cool look. A three-light halogen pendant for your pool room with clear glass

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This is part of the very original series of table lamps at Alex Marshall Studios. Check out their collection of table lamps here.This is the 'YOYO" table lamp. Very eye-catching. View more details about this YOYO 3LT TABLE LAMP at Amazon.Here is the very beautiful Elsa table lamp. It features blown satin Murano glass with a large oval shaped diffuser and a polished aluminium base. It was designed

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This floor lamp was designed by Joseph Forakis for Foscarini and was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The same design is available as a table lamp as well. See more details at POP UK, Contemporary Furniture, Lighting and Accessories.Here's a very elegant and minimalist floor lamp designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Flos. It's called the Romeo Moon floor lamp and

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