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Metalwork in the Design of the Arts & Crafts Home
ABOVE: A handmade chandelier by Roycroft artisan Robert Trout. A resurgence of fine work brings us such useful and beautiful objects for the home as fireplace tools, stove hoods, garden gates,...
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Lighting to Accent and Define
ABOVE: In Arts & Crafts design, lamps (this one antique) are themselves works of art. Photo by Alexander Vertikoff Bungalows, Tudors, and Foursquares date to the electric era, after all, so...
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Lighting on Your Budget
ABOVE: Flush-mounted fixtures, perfect for a foyer, are often less expensive than chandeliers. The ‘Dearborn’ ring-mount flush fixture from Brass Light Gallery is $590. (For comparison, their...
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Hardware by Style
ABOVE: Hardware is the jewelry of the house. Is hardware from a fine 1790 brick Federal appropriate in a farmhouse of the same era? What kind of entry set best suits an 1895 town house? And what about...
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Arcane Hardware, Useful Still
ABOVE: Did you guess that this is an antique chandelier hook? Do you know the difference between a sash stay and a sash lock? Although some old-house hardware may seem esoteric in function, a lot of...
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Art Lamps Then & Now
ABOVE: Lustre glass lamp by Lundberg Studios, part of a collection that includes antique and new objects and lighting. Photo by Dan Mayers More than a century ago, Louis Comfort Tiffany gave the world...
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Planning for Lighting
ABOVE: Prismatic pendants over an island afford ample task lighting. They also give a utilitarian, period look in a new kitchen with details reminiscent of the Arts & Crafts era. Photo courtesy...
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The Guild: Glenn Pankewich
ABOVE: ‘Trumpet Vine’ is an original Pankewich design. This artist has been restoring, interpreting, and finding new inspiration in the art glass of a century ago. The Tiffany-style Zodiac lamp on a...
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The Guild: Bushere & Son
Hand-forged tables with signature motifs (like the Moustache scroll) are one specialty of father and son. Frank and Charles place the Bushere & Son signature on substantial pieces like this Spanish...
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Hardware Options for the Kitchen
ABOVE: A cabinet latch by Sun Valley Bronze. Hardware can be a big deal in the kitchen, or fade into the background. Quality products are available in every style and era, and in many metals and...
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Arts & Crafts Lighting & Hardware
This unusual chandelier was handcrafted by Gustav Stickley’s grandson in the 1980s. A plate rail inspired by the house’s original woodwork and reproduction textiles blend seamlessly with antique...
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Arts & Crafts Genre Lighting
Gallenberg Studio’s mahogany and ebony-pegged sconce has the hallmarks of Greene & Greene’s built-in fixtures. As scholarship has grown and the revival has embraced many diverse roots, we better...
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A Revival of Art Lamps
ABOVE: Table lamp by Michael Ashford / Evergreen Studios. Recent work—table lamps and floor lamps—carefully chosen by the editors. This Arts & Crafts lighting is suitable not only for Bungalows,...
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Little Treasures
Colorful glass-handled pulls are equally at home on cabinets and drawers. Photo: Blackstone Edge Studios Yanked, pulled, slammed—the bits of metal, wood, and glass that allow drawers and doors on...
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The Art + Craft of Hardware
ABOVE: Pacific mortise lock door set by House of Antique Hardware. See editors’ picks of unique and historical hardware items and metal accessories—and then check out the online catalogs of the...
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What’s in Your Socket?
Finally, technology is catching up with aesthetics. You can stop stockpiling energy-gobbling incandescent light bulbs. Use a reproduction hairpin filament bulb in the Menlo Park sconce from House of...
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Our Most Recent Picks
ABOVE: Touched by the Sea, from Maine Blanket. These fine examples of today’s artisan-made pottery, jewelry, furniture, textiles and art are all beautiful—and gift-worthy! (Click on the small images...
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Lighting, Hardware & Metal
The lamp illuminating a bungalow bookcase is a cherished antique by Heintz. Phto: William Wright Could there be anything else that so perfectly combines Beauty and Utility as art lighting? Designed...
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Lighting & Metal Arts: Styles from Syracuse to Pasadena
A burnished brass double pendant fixture from Rejuvenation lights the island in a kitchen designed for a 1912 house. Photo: Bill Lusk A look at light fixtures, art lamps and glass, hardware and...
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From the Archive: Exotic Glass Shades of the Time
Example from the Macbeth–Evans Glass Shades Catalogue of 1912. Verde Iridile, Agalite, and Cuirass: These romantic trade names were the marketing monikers for a popular series of Arts &...
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