Have you looked at Rejuvination or School House Electric - I prefer Rejuvination quality wise but have bought from both and both are great company's to buy/return/buy from to make sure you get what you want. We have Rejuvination in our kitchen as I like their ORB better but have one School House Electric in our basement as we had a gift certificate from them. We'll be buying more from Rejuvination.

Check out Turn of The Century Lighting. They have a store here in Toronto and an excellent web site. They do custom work and reproductions in a variety of finishes and styles, and also sell beautiful, one of a kind original, restored lighting fixtures. We have our eye on a knock out chandelier for our kitchen that is amazing.

Do a search for Redroze's kitchen on this forum - she has posted quite a few pix of her pendants, which I believe were purchased through TOTC. There's another great store in Toronto called Victorian Revival. They also do custom work and sell originals but unfortunately their web site isn't as reflective of the stuff they have in the store. You could always try calling; their prices are very competitive. http://www.victorian-revival.com/

HTH,
Eliz

Here is a link that might be useful: Turn of the Century Lighting

Not to hijack the thread, but thanks so much elizpiz! I have been searching for a light fixture to hang over my sink that would match my Wilmette pendants and Turn of the Century has exactly what I need! Yeah--this solved the last problem I had to finish my kitchen!!!

I have a vintage shade from eBay ($9.99) with a new fixture from Rejuvenation ($77), and it works very nicely. I got great pendants from Schoolhouse Electric as well.

At the prices they charge for the new 'vintage' globes, I'd recommend just getting a new fixture from one of these places, then hunting around salvage stores, eBay etc for the perfect (and unique) vintage shade. There are dozens on eBay every day. Just make sure to hunt for a fixture and shade that match in fitter diameter (they come in 3", 4", 6", etc). And measure carefully so that the total depth of both isn't too deep for your space/comfort.

Terrible photo, I'm midway through tiling:

I really like Brass Light Gallery. They are located in Milwaukee, and they make lighting the old-fashioned way - by hand, and to order. They use original lighting from the 1920's and and 1930's to design their lights. There are quite a number of choices for finishes, and you can also change the look of the fixture by the different choices of glass shades they have. Also, they are very helpful over the phone. Although I don't live that far from Milwaukee, I did not personally go there before ordering from them. I was so comfortable with my order over the phone - they really helped me pick out the appropriate glass shade I wanted for the fixture I chose, given my decor and lighting needs. I am thrilled with my lighting from them, and never get tired of looking at them, cause the workmanship is so good.

I suggest you download their catalog of their "Continental Line" (on lower left-hand corner of page, click on "Download Catlogs", then click the "Continental" catalog). Many of their lights come in one-light, two-light, or three-light versions, so you can get the size that suits your room. I have the Carlton. I also have the Essex 2-light sconce, my absolute favorite, but which is not in the catalog - if you are interested, the Essex can be viewed using the website's search function.

Here is a link that might be useful: Brass Light Gallery

I got vintage lights from an antique store (in the back where they had junk...). I rewired them and eventually replaced the bases with identical fixtures (minus the chain) from Rejuvenation so spouse would stop banging his head. I loved those things but left them when I moved. If you do this, check the shade for thickness or see if there are still old bulbs in the fixture--I should have realized that something with a 300watt bulb would require more than a 60 watt bulb to not seem dim!

I second the recommendation for Brass Light Gallery. I've bought several items from them. Although their prices have recently increased dramatically, their products are outstanding and well thought out. Their designs are more refined, in my opinion, than Rejuvenation. They offer many "prairie style" designs too. A third company to consider is Old California Lighting. They make mostly Arts and Crafts fixtures. Some of their designs are kinda chunky and clunky, but their products are well made. I especially like Old California's simple Craftsman lanterns.

Circa lighting has nice stuff too :-)

We used this Murray feiss in our 1911 kitchen and we've got the matching pendant over the sink. I lliked that it was open for more light as we don't have any cans.

I'm using antique lighting that I either bought off of ebay and restored myself (in fact my kitchen chandeliers are stamped 1913). Mine look like this, except they're silver and gold, and a bit longer chair:

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The style is a bit fancier than the ones you tend to see in period homes, but depending on the home, it might have been appropriate. This is an original fixture in a mansion in MN we've been toying with purchasing...note its also decorated slip shade style (the lighting is original, the rest of the kitchen isn't):
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These are also some of my collection from 1912 to about 1920 which would be ideas...I found many on ebay, both restored and unrestored. I had them rewired by a UL Certified electrician, but warning...if you're doing antique lights, even properly rewired, they won't pass through the final electrical inspection because they don't have the UL sticker on them (which costs thousands per fixture). So, you hang crap, then change them out after the inspections :o)

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I second Elizpiz on Turn of the Century Lighting. LOVE their stuff. I have two of their John Gage lanterns above the island. There's something about their lighting that looks ornate without looking garish. Very refined, and detailed in all the right places.

This will be my next splurge in a couple of years....Eliz, which one do you have your eye on?

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Budge1,

What is the model name/number of the Feiss fixture in your picture?

Thanks!

hudson valley lighting

sorry ron. I just tried to look on the murray feiss website and don't see it and I can't remember the name. Odd if they've discon't it because I've seen it in several kitchens in magazines recently.

Here is a really fun site to see some incredible original fixtures from Victorian to early 20th Century.

Here is a link that might be useful: antique lighting

Redroze, sorry, haven't checked in on the progress of this thread. If you are still reading...it's a CRAZY expensive chandelier that's in the window of the store. There are people on this forum who have done entire kitchens for less than the cost of this fixture
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Sadly, it's not in the cards for us, but it's truly an inspiration for what we're looking for. It actually looks even nicer in person - the original glass shades are very intricate, and the colour is not as *brassy* as it appears here.

Of course the other route that we can go is to choose something like the wonderful Tracy Porter rooster chandelier that Igloochic has - it will either be whismy or historically *appropriate*.

PS - I vote for the brown stools too :-)

Eliz

I spent a lot of time looking for a semi-flush that would suite the transitional look we are trying to create. This is what we settled on from Murray Feiss. They also make one with the same shape but without the more contemporary detail at the top (just a straight stem down to the shade). The series is called Barrington.

Eliz...that chandelier is TO DIE FOR!!!! I would be willing to free the chicken in trade :oP WOW

I-Chic - done! Oh, wait, I can't afford the chandelier to be able to trade it with you... :-)

Looks like you have some great finds from ebay. I should probably start looking there. If you pop into this thread, are there other sites/stores that you think are good? You have such exquisite taste, that I'm sure any recommendations will be worth a look!

Eliz

I was in Brass Light Gallery today and was amazed at the thousands of beautiful lights in their showroom. They're located in a huge warehouse near downtown and you can see where the artisans hand craft the lights. The quality is remarkable. I highly recommend a visit if you're in the Midwest. We just remodeled our kitchen and did everything true to our 1930's period home. We are buying our lights from BLG. After seeing their products in person, I am convinced they're worth the higher price.

We were at Turn of the Century last weekend. They have some great actual vintage pieces. They also sell some repro stuff. We found that they were carrying the same sconces we had bought in another store about 2 hours earlier. We paid about $80.00 less per unit at the other store.

It's Crystal Design 200 on Cartwright. Very nice, helpful people there.

Eliz I missed that sweet compliment...darn. Thank you many months later. I found ebay to be the best option for bargains, but the other two places I shopped were School House Electric and Rejuvination. I purchased a few pieces from School House and they went out of their way to first find the cheapest way to ship them (I'd called NY but they have a NW Location so they processed it out of there) and they rushed the order because well I was in a hurry up and finish mode :)

Rejuvination was my main non-antique source for lighting. I purchased several fixtures (repro) and love the quality, but I also purchased a few antique pieces. Here are a few in place...
This one is hard to photograph because the room is so small...it's hanging from three chains but you can just see it. It came from ebay out of France:

My entry hall light from Rejuvination (repro):

The kitchen fixture (I have three, two like this and the third is inverted):

You've probably seen my infamous chicken..the only non antique style, but still unique fixture in the house:

Master Bedroom:

Library:

And a few more (ok lots) that aren't in pictures yet. Someday I'm going to have to take pics of each fixture. My bathroom are flush mount 1912 cast iron exposed bulbs...I adore them!