As lighting designers and restorers, we have a 'look' that we typically go for. We like classic styles that evoke historic forms without falling into the realm of reproduction. We enjoy ornamentation, but it either needs to be a simple flourish or absolutely insane. If you are going to put two cherubs on something, we say, better to use 12. One is okay, but if you are going past that you may as well go wild.
Most of the pieces that we restore, and certainly every piece we design, skews towards the clean lines side of the spectrum. We focus on materiality, subtle textures, and the ability of lighting to shift the feel of the room towards warmth and togetherness.
Then there are the pieces that catch at our hearts and defy all of our normal 'rules'.
Recently, we found a piece that goes again basically everything that use to assess whether a light is 'good'. The chandelier has lots of colors of glass, which we normally are not into. It has silver finishes, where normally we are more drawn towards brass. It also has the definite aura of belonging in an opium den-themed study. And we fell in love with it.
Truly, it was love at first sight.
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