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Apr 9, 2024 · The right light fixture can top off a room perfectly, as evidenced in this Victorian dining room, complete with gas-electric chandelier. How to Repair Cracks in a Drywall Ceiling Inspired by Mackintosh & Art Deco
Jun 13, 2024 · Whether your taste runs to colonial wire-arm chandeliers or hammered copper with mica shades, period-inspired lighting is easy to love. But are reproductions really functional in this age of halogen lamps and organic LEDs?
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Like the VHS vs Betamax video recorderbattle of the early 1980s, gas and electric lighting competed to take over fromoil light in the early 1900s home. Gas lighting was ahead in urban working and middle-class homes thanks to the invention of coin-operated gas meters. In contrast, the upper classes felt gas was ‘common’, so continued with oil and ca...
The Victorians would’ve been dazzled by thelight in our homes today as the average gas light or early light bulb wasequivalent to a 10-watt bulb, which you can’t even buy now! Victorians sat directly under a light source when they read or sewed, hence gas lights being positioned over a parlour fireplace or above a kitchen table as shown below. So d...
Some gas lights were elaborateand took on the fashions of the time to appeal to the middle-class market. For instance, this 1913 Veritas Gas Light Catalogue shows the huge range of lights available in the early 20thcentury. However, gas lighting in the working-class home was simple as this slum interior shows.
Most urban housing had gas lighting by 1900 but householders used it sparingly due to cost. People opted for candles or oil lamps to walk to bed, reducing the need for gas lighting upstairs. Above all, Victorians had suspicions about the health impact of gas so often avoided gas lighting in bedrooms. However, I was lucky enough to find traces of ol...
Downlit gas lights were only widely available after 1905 so true Victorian gas lights were upright (take note museum curators and set designers!). Downlit swan-neck fittings like this one in my kitchen were particularly popular. Manufacturers made air vents from ceramic, brass or tin, and later produced chrome-plated versions from the 1920s. One of...
The Victorian and Edwardians updated their homes as new technologies became available like we do now. But they often converted their old upright fittings to reduce costs. For example, I have installed a downlight converter on an upright fitting in my main bedroom.
Above all, the Victorians positioned gas lights much lower than modern lights as they were less powerful. For instance, a Victorian book on house building recommends mantle lights were installed at five foot from the floor, and hall and bathroom fittings set at six foot. Low fittings above your fireplaceare less of a safety risk, but low central fi...
Don’t be afraid to use unconverted gas lights for decoration and supplement them with discreet modern fittings as I have in my bedrooms. Unfortunately, these rooms originally only had one gas light, so not very practical for modern life!
Above all, there are many unconverted gas lights or unsafe old electric fittings available on online auction sites which can be rewired but make sure you get a professional to convert them! However, I found that gas fittings are not easy to convert as connecting parts need to be drilled out. I used exposed gold wiring for fittings with awkward angl...
Our extensive range of traditional lighting is sold throughout the world and has been used in stately homes and some of the finest private homes. If you want the vintage or traditional lighting look in your home, select from our range of Edwardian or Victorian lamps and lights.
May 27, 2024 · They recommend lighting the lamp with a strip of folded or rolled paper, of which a quantity should be kept on the mantelpiece. A wood engraving from the title page of the 1860 Dietz & Company lighting catalog displays how diverse the market for kerosene lighting had become by the mid-19th century.
A Buying Guide to companies that design, manufacture and restore interior lighting fixtures for period-style building projects, including chandeliers, lanterns, pendants, sconces, and antique reproduction lighting and parts.
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Feb 1, 2019 · When decorating a period home, it is important to use colours and patterns that complement the house's age to really flatter its architecture and character. That doesn't mean you have to commit slavishly to an authentic traditional scheme, however.
