List #5: Turn Ons
Friday, August 21, 2009 No longs walks in the sand for me.The truly design obsessed can forgo chocolate, sex, and right arms for their objects of desire. For months now, my eyeballs have been fixed on lighting. These is a lengthy selection of my favorites:
Hunk-o-stone
Jan Showers’Miles lamp. { Raina, did I learn of this gem from you? }
Silly + stunning
I adore this chandelier. Pictured here in Nanette Lepore’s apartment, Domino. { This is not the Z Gallerie version. And I know many of you hate this baby! }
White table lamps
Christopher Spitzmiller handmade white-ribbed ball lamp in tea stain crackle finish, Mecox Gardens
Natural
TOP, lost source; CENTER, Kay Douglass’ kitchen; BOTTOM, Vine Ball pendant, Pieces
Variations on the drum
TOP + BOTTOM, misplaced source, CENTER, Niermann Weeks
Spheres
TOP, cast + pierced resin, Oly Studio; CENTER TOP, beaded globe, Pieces; CENTER BOTTOM, Golden Shell Globe pendant, Jayson Home & Garden; BOTTOM, Sphere light, South of Market
Patina-licious
CENTER, Porter brass floor lamp, Jayson Home & Garden; TOP + BOTTOM, yep, source gone missing {Okay, damn. The top lamp might just be my all-time favorite and I cannot remember the name or source... Anyone know? }
Articulated + counterweighted
Read lots more about this gorgeous task lighting here.
Eccentricity on a chain
TOP, vintage floral pendant, Jayson Home & Garden; CENTER, raw metal Mistletoe pendant, Mothology; BOTTOM, flower drop empire, Oly Studio
Cage lighting —both dressed + naked
TOP, source misplaced; CENTER TOP, caravan chandelier, Jayson Home & Garden; CENTER BOTTOM, Zinc Basket pendant, South of Market; BOTTOM, iron + linen pendant, South of Market
Sculptural forms
TOP, custom scalloped chandelier, Pieces; CENTER, pair of Brutalist blackened steel lamps, Craig Van Den Brulle; BOTTOM, large scale steel forms, ABC Modern
Reader Comments (5)
well, if only i could attach pics. yesterday i was able to go to the art museum and saw rohlfs lamps.
but then for years i was part of making the best tiffany reproduction shades.
i also have a collection of floor lamps/sun lamps/desk lamps. i love finding desk lamps.
Yes, dear, you did. Thanks again for the mention.
I think I could love just about every one of these examples of lighting loveliness. That lemon drop crystal piece just shivers my timbers though.
The very first lamp is beyond gorgeous. It would be my pick
and I would love looking at it every single day.
Lamp #3. Quite, elegant, soothing.
I want them all. Seriously, like now. I started day dreaming as I was scrolling through the post about having a clean slate of a house to adorn and the different rooms I would hang these beauties in. Sigh.
Oh, and of course you and I have a mutual favorite. The leggy brass number up above is the "Flip Lamp" by Julian Chichester. I so want the room size version for my keeping room. I posted on it here- http://completelytotallymadly.blogspot.com/search?q=flip+lamp