VINTAGE LIGHTING: A Collector's Guide
BARTY PHILLIPS
Book Number: 82961
Product format: Hardback

Lighting is an essential part of interior design and home décor and recently there has been a resurgence in upcycling and polishing up old film studio lamps, art deco glass, brass, anglepoise and other desk lamps, elegant wall lamps or 1950s Italian designs. Packed with practical tips and the long directory of museums, stockists all over the UK with their full addresses and websites to source many of these beautiful antiques, this is a fantastic practical guide. Barty Phillips introduces the history of lighting in general and then focusses on lighting designs from the discovery and development of the light bulb. Here are Greek and Roman lamps, primitive oil and tallow, candles, different fuels such as whale oil, paraffin, mantle lamps, gas burners going on to periods and styles including candelabras and candle sticks, sconces and the types of lamps to look for before a detailed look at lampshades, Art Nouveau, Tiffany, Arts and Crafts, miniature fairy lamps, decorative electric lighting and that's before we reach the 20th century. Then we look at lava lamps, the anglepoise in great detail, Le Klint, the Arco floor lamp, the Cubo table lamp and other classic designs, LEDs, materials and manufacturers, glass and crystal then practical tips on modern attitudes to domestic lighting and vintage bulbs, safety, cleaning and repair. 194pp, many colour photos and other illus.

Published price: £25
Bibliophile price: £9.00

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