The ‘art’ of interior design is generally seen as divided between modern contemporary, eclectic, or, interiors, which include design components from a range of sources and classic, or, traditional interior design.
A definition of ‘classic’ is ‘a work of recognised excellence’, or one that has ‘stood the test of time’.
A classic lamp, by definition, is well qualified, having seen a minimum of 100 years of changes in fashion, trends and faddish crazes. Here it stands a century later, as elegant and timeless as the day it was made, having survived them all.
For a classic interior, fine antique table lamps will quickly pull the look together, adding interest and an overall sense of high style.
Sophisticated interior design requires thoughtful and subtle lighting. To over or under light a beautiful interior is to detract from the finished effect. The benefit of table lamp lighting is that it is easily portable, allowing for lighting to be repositioned to produce the most satisfactory outcome.
The classic lamp calls for the classic lampshade. Lampshades can be made in many materials with silk being the fabric of choice. For the eventual in luxurious furnishings, silk can also be used to line a shade ensuring a professional and polished finish. This sumptuous textile is available in an almost endless array of colours and is the last word in elegance and refinement. A full range of shade styles are available in any shape. Soft or bonded, knife, box or diamond pleats or perhaps a ruffling effect.
Home interiors are an important part of the life offering a good means of self expression and comfortable retreat from the busyness of the world. Well placed antique and decorative lamps with their gentle, glowing light make a valuable contribution to the feeling of any classic interior.
A particularly elegant pair of late 19th century, Chinese export, papier mache, Mei P’ing shaped table lamps, the slender lamps in imitation of patinated, gilded bronze. The vase shapes delicately decorated with faded, gilded willows overhanging a village scene.
In the foreground, painted in miniature, is an amusing subject of two boys at play with a ball. Although diminutive, the children are reproduced with a fine sense of movement. The Overall height (including shades) of Circa 1900 is 17.5" / 45cm.
The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp , decorative lighting specialists, are able to offer a wide range of styles and designs, with lamps in porcelain, cinnabar, glass and pottery.
The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique and vintage lamps on view. Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.