Remember what I said about us keeping in place all the simple brass fixtures that are already there? (on the left) Forget that. Chris took another reconnaissance trip to PW Vintage Lighting and came back with wondrous finds. Like this sconce and its mate for the dining room, with glass shade that echoes Greek key design in revival door moldings.
We'll use the original sconces in bedrooms upstairs.
We'll use the original sconces in bedrooms upstairs.
For the breakfast room, we're looking at quirky milk glass lanterns with "bonnets" on chains that servants used to pull up and down to refill when the fixture was gas. "It's similar to what might have been here originally, before they electrified it," Chris said.
Which made me wish aloud that the family had saved the fixtures that came out in 1915. "I wonder whatever happened to those," I said.
Chris's eyes twinkled. "You're probably buying them back."
Which made me wish aloud that the family had saved the fixtures that came out in 1915. "I wonder whatever happened to those," I said.
Chris's eyes twinkled. "You're probably buying them back."
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