Art Deco Lighting
by Herb Millman and John Dwyer
Electrical lighting fixtures from the 1920s through 1940s reflect the popular taste for Art Deco styling in public, commercial, and home interiors.
300 beautiful color photographs of dramatic lights from theaters, important houses, great architects, and interior designers fill this stunning book, showing the great flair for which the period has become so famous.
Fixtures shown include radio and accent lamps, boudoir lamps, wall sconces, ceiling fixtures, bridge lamps,
torchieres, and smoking stands. Glass shades from the period are highly prized today for their diverse and exquisite designs.
This book will be a constant reference for architects, designers, lighting collectors, dealers, and theater historians because it shows so many diverse examples, relates their specific details clearly, and includes values in
today's competitive marketplace.
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Popular Art Deco Lighting,
Shades of the Past
by Herb Millman and John Dwyer
Art Deco
lighting in homes and public spaces alike are works of art. Over 590
luminous color photographs, show accent and figural radio lamps, boudoir lamps,
table and desk lamps, overhead and wall lighting and floor lighting
produced by manufacturers such as: Consolidated Glass, Lightolier, Lincoln, Moe
Bridges, Williamson, Frankart, Nuart and Chase.
The book guides
readers through various types of period lighting and provides a bibliography and
value references in the captions for all the lighting displayed.
It will
be a valued addition to the libraries of interior decorators, restoration buffs,
theater goers and all who collect period lighting fixtures and enjoy beautiful
works of art.
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