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I'VE A TON MORE GREAT VINTAGE LIGHTS IN MY EBAY STORE! I’m very pleased to offer this extraordinary opportunity: A matching set of FIVE 1920s sconces in a rare rare rare Art Nouveau style! It’s simply amazing to find American-made Art Nouveau-style fixtures. The style was popular in Europe during the late 19th century and early 20th, but never really caught on in Whatever the history, the set is STUNNING! I’ve also never before offered these sconces – a rare first for me as well! The set is cast metal with what appears to be a copper-plated finish, although some sections look like brass. There is an original polychrome finish in select areas of blue, green, and red. The combination is unusual and striking. Each of the sconces has its own on/off switch, and these you push rather than twist or pull. Again, unusual (and nicely tactile). Wholly restored and with new wiring, this set is ready to hang, and comes with all the mounting hardware needed! DETAILS:
COLOR: See above. SIZE: The sconces are 8-1/2-inches high, 4-1/2-inches wide, and project 3-1/2-inches. CONDITION:
SHIPPING: Insured shipping in the Continental US will be…FREE! Yippee! PAYMENT:
NOTE: After payment is received, I ship within 7 days. A NOTE (or two) ABOUT MY RESTORATIONS Restore. Renovate. Two words with different meanings, and different results. Restoring a vintage light will bring back its original appearance. Renovating a vintage light will alter its original appearance. This can be done by changing its color(s), adding more colors than originally intended, and by combining parts from different fixtures/eras. For me, I simply love the process of restoration. It seems like magic recreating something that has been near-ruined, eroded, or damaged. When each of my fixtures is restored I get such a thrill! It’s like time itself has been reversed! (Now, if I could just apply this process to my aging body/mind!) A few things I’ve learned: 1) I work hard at respecting original finishes. When a finish is intact but faded, I essentially wash a new finish over the old. Thus, the original finish is still visible but looks wholly refreshed. In short, it simply looks as it did when leaving the factory many decades previous. Or, it's very common that 90% of the original finish is intact. To me, it seems a shame to remove all this just because a tiny portion is lost. So I recreate what is missing. And you can't tell that I did anything. 2) In order to restore a finish, it’s vital to use the same materials, colors, and techniques that were used originally. 3) Vintage fixtures used color sparingly and few featured more than three colors. 4) The original finish on vintage fixtures is entirely different than can be achieved with modern paints. Modern paints give the effect of a plastic film over the fixture whereas the original finishes were usually like a stain. The effect is quite a bit more subtle. 5) Vintage fixtures also have a subtle sheen, so I never spray on a shiny protective coating. 6) I don’t refinish the back of my fixtures. By doing so it is difficult to really know if the fixture is vintage (there are usually paint speckles, scratches, and age marks). Once installed, the back cannot be seen but you will know that your fixture is indeed vintage. 7) I also don’t restore electrical components. Eighty-year-old electrical parts are simply dangerous. So my lights receive high-quality new sockets (usually porcelain), new wiring, and cloth-covered wiring for any visible areas. I do retain turn-key sockets wherever possible (but with new paper insulators). I’ve been restoring lighting since I was a teenager in the mid-1970s. One of my great discoveries was the finish material used by almost all lighting companies prior to World War II. This is a hand-applied and hand-burnished product and I use it on my fixtures that require new finishes. Significantly, the colors are also the same that were used originally. Because of this, I can place a wholly refinished fixture next to one with a mint original finish and you will not be able to see any difference. I occasionally amuse (torture?) my friends with this. Not once have they been able to tell the difference. "Wow." There are buyers who truly want restored lighting and others who prefer renovated. This is good, because I am a great supporter of diversity! For the record, I sell restored vintage lighting. A BIT ABOUT ME (Or: Who Is This Guy?) As mentioned above, I have been restoring vintage lights since I was a teenager in the mid-1970s. An Interstate highway was being rammed through the city where I lived, and I ran (steps ahead of the bulldozers, and with my shag haircut flying) from one incredible building to another, and from one incredible house to another, and salvaged everything I could. My poor, bewildered parents. Their garage was soon chock-a-block with what I thought were treasures beyond compare. And which they knew to be useless flotsam. (I did though once overhear my mom say: “Well, at least he’s not out doing drugs.”) However, when all their boring lights were systematically replaced with the most stunning lights they had ever seen – and all for free, and rewired and restored – they soon had second thoughts about the flotsam. (I paid for new parts by mowing lawns!) A brighter light soon proved too alluring though: After a few excruciating years, the Gods decided to let up, and I found myself the proud owner of my own architectural design firm. At twenty-eight! It was the heady 1980s, the city was going through a spectacular revival, and I was overwhelmed – quite happily, thank-you – with one project after another. (I set a record for designing the most apartments in Yep, it was a wild time! Then came the early 1990s crash, and a desire for a calmer life. Eventually rural The rest, as they say… Looking for more great vintage fixtures? VISIT MY EBAY STORE: Would you like to receive my newsletter? Why a BUY IT NOW instead of a regular auction? All my listings are for a BUY IT NOW. I do this because it’s effortless for me and you. There’s no guessing with my lights. You know right away if one of my restored fixtures is right for your budget. Another good thing? You can also, well, buy it. Now. No waiting. No worry that you will lose after waiting quite patiently for X days. No worry that a Them will abscond with Your light in the last four seconds; the light you have your heart set on. The light. The perfect light. There are likely worse things in life but at the moment I can’t think of one. |
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