Design Seen: Lighten Up
Robin Lee
May 1, 2007
It’s time to toss those boring bulbs and redefine with decor’s best accessory: light, and lots of it. Try out
red, black and crystal-clear chandeliers and jeweled sconces to hang in your
hallway, or get moody with a smoky porcelain candelabra. And because black
always looks best when shown in the right light, you will also notice that our
pages are packed with plenty of black, black and more bedecked black to dress
up—or down—your living and dining rooms. We’ve included sconces, suspended
lights and lamps, in a range of designs suited to up the luminosity of your
home.
Top: Annette Hinterwirth’s luminescent STRASS Swarovksi
crystal Walljewels are an homage to vintage glamour from the ’40s to the
’60s. Give your room a subtle boost with the indirect light of a Wide-Screen
Jewel, made from light gray snake leather and a string of Swarovski crystals,
$4,273. Photograph by Straudinger Franke. Bottom: Inspired by the longtime love affair between Hollywood and its
diamonds, the Pacific Burton uses over 1,000 Swarovski crystals to create a
luminous glow. Price upon request. +43.676.529.6409,
www.annettehinterwirth.com. Photograph by Thomas C. Card. (Click images to enlarge)
Top: Iron Maiden: Currey & Company’s
brass-and-old-iron Mansfield Chandelier, $990, 877.768.6428, www.curreyco.com. Photograph by David Schilling Photography. Bottom:
Spotlight any room in the house with a Cargo pendant lamp by Urban Archaeology, shown
here in antique brass. Available in over a dozen finishes. Large, from $3,410,
or small, $3,180, 212.431.4646, www.urbanarchaeology.com. (Click images to enlarge)
Classically clear: Artisans from the Venetian island of Murano have used the same glassblowing techniques for over 1,000
years, producing contemporary art, mirrors, sculptures and custom chandeliers in
limitless sizes and colors.
Top: Ouverture Murano glass, gold and crystal
chandelier, starts at $4,500 available at
La Murrina,
310.858.7080,
www.lamurrina.us.
Middle: Clear Venetian chandelier in hand-blown
Murano glass, from
Wired Custom
Lighting, $125,000, 310.854.2800,
www.wireddesigns.com.
Bottom: Nella Vetrina crystal chandelier, made in Northern
Italy, shown
here in clear and also available in red or black
with three, five,
six
or eight arms, $6,500, 646.415.9150,
www.nellavetrina.com.
(Click images to enlarge)
Woodn’t it be nice? Top: Lucid Lighting’s Lea
wooden wall sconce, shown in palissander (rosewood), also available in
bamboo and zebrano, $150, +44.1235.835.000, www.cameronpeters.co.uk Middle: Tetsuo floor lamp, by Annette
Hinterwirth, made from high-gloss
lacquered tigerwood and
brushed stainless steel, $1,508,
+43.676.529.6409,
www.annettehinterwirth.com. Photograph by Thomas C. Card. Bottom: Magnolia pendant lamp from Autoban, made from
hexagonal plywood birch plates, $1,571, +90.212.2438642,
www.autoban212.com. (Click
images to enlarge)
Back in Black.
Top: Klein Reid StillLife Black Bisque candlestick, $159,
Happy Prince candelabra, $560, and apple, $68, 718.937.3828,
www.kleinreid.com.
Bottom: Boyd’s Kyoto table lamp in satin nickel, $3,835,
415.778.4300,
www.boydlighting.com.
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