This(look to the top) was the dining room light in my parent's house. It used to be height adjustable, but my brothers frequently jumped off their beds, in the room above, until they broke the mechanism. So the story goes. It had 150 watt bulbs, and made the dining room the best place to work when light, and a large flat surface, was required.
My aunt Alma bought a chandelier, with pseudo candles and dangling crystals, that I adored - except that the light was spotty, shadowy, and mostly lit the ceiling.
Not this, but this style.
The light in our dining room now is actually not bad, given it's origin. Wrong for the house, but largely inoffensive. We've broken it several times, it collects dust madly, and we keep the table right underneath it to avoid injuring ourselves on it.
Previous owners definitely had a designer infestation.
There are any number of fun, creative fixtures that probably do an awful job lighting a table.
However clever, not to live with, not for us.
The problem with a lot of chandeliers is that they were made for candles, adapted for gaslights, then electric bulbs, without being completely redesigned.
The idea of the candle is still there, with the light going up.
The one we ordered has a lens, and the light is directed down.
I think this is it, very like at any rate. Photo does not do it justice.
6 comments:
Ooh, I like that. From the bronzy-coppery finish to the screen across the opening - way cool.
Crow,
It's actually a fresnel-type lens, just glass there. Hard to tell from this image.
Even better!
I like the penguin.
Fresca,
That's George. He's been around a very long time.
Nice find, I hope it works out as well as you expect it to.
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