Are you like me and distracted by lighting & vintage details wherever you go? The beauty of antique lighting stops me in my tracks every time.
After a wonderful stay at the Ashland Springs Hotel in Southern Oregon, I realized I had collected quite a nice array of photos of their vintage lighting decor…
Talk about grand chandeliers…
These lovelies sported a bit of a Moroccan theme I loved:
And I kept trying to figure out (to no avail!) how to get this little fixture home with me…
I did manage a few other non-lighting snapshots during the trip,
but the album didn’t seem complete without documenting these treasures.
Do you know anything about that last fixture? I was wondering what time period it is from? I saw something vaguely similar both in Connecticut and Vancouver. http://www.elizabethdorney.com/blog/2009/10/13/a-night-out-in-gastown/ Love to hear more about it…
Bo, Rejuvenation’s lighting historian here. These new French-origin fixtures show up in numerous variations around the internet. While certainly inspired by old fixtures, I couldn’t speak to their true authenticity. The French tradition of crystal-based lighting goes back centuries, but these fixtures are probably most resonant with the period between 1905 and 1915.
Interestingly, lighting fixtures sporting elk heads were a trend in this country during that same time. They were the product of dual influences – a fascination with the rustic American West, and the growing popularity of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Manufacturers offered a range of sconces and chandeliers that were aimed at the rapid spread of new Elks lodges. To see a few examples from our archives, click here:
http://arcalus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Elk-Fixtures.pdf
Hardware manufacturers were after a slice of that pie also – a quick search on eBay for “elks knob” will often turn up decorative bronze knobs and plates featuring elk heads, from early-20th-century fraternal buildings.