Warm Up Your House with Old-World Wrought Iron Lighting
Old World lighting from Mediterranean, Spanish Colonial, and Tuscan style interiors adds warmth, warmth and timelessness to a room. Commonly made from wrought iron, these light fixtures are distinguished by quality materials and fine craftsmanship. Scroll patterns and curves are common features in the layouts. Let us take a look at some great older European-inspired lighting.
Reaume Construction & Design
Here’s a traditional chandelier in oil rubbed bronze.
Ballard Designs
9-Arm Talia Chandelier – $279
You can provide these fittings an entirely new look with the addition of shades.
Vanguard Studio Inc..
This chandelier, in a classic Empire form, has a pleasing sinuous shape. Notice the coordinating ribbon-like wall sconces that light up this space and the staircase.
RYAN ASSOCIATES GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Another classic shape is the hoop or ring chandelier. This style has existed since Medieval times, and its simple layout has inspired many contemporary light fixtures.
Summerour Architects
A version is the double sided chandelier. The top ring is smaller than the bottom, giving it a tiered look. You want a high ceiling to show off this one.
accentsinthegarden.com
Electric Arizona Iron Lamp – $897
These fittings are generally finished in matte black.
Mal Corboy Design
Island pendants are designed to hang over, you guessed it, islands. This contemporary invention of suspended lanterns has Old World charm.
1800Lighting
Outdoor lanterns are only as cosmetic. Both of these big ones hang over the table developing a comfy outdoor room. The matching sconce brings additional light in this Mediterranean style home.
Vanguard Studio Inc..
These indoor arenas seem welcoming lining the hallway. I love the artistic pedestals from the foreground.
Carson Poetzl, Inc..
Orb chandeliers are inspired by the 19th-century physicist Foucault, who created a gyroscope to exemplify the planet’s rotation. In iron, this fixture matches a Spanish-style interior.
couturedreams.com
Solaria LeMonde 10 Candle Chandelier – $3,395
This one from Solaria Lighting is available in several finishes and sizes.
Summerour Architects
These intricately scrolled pendants seem elegant, punctuating each junction of Moorish arches.
Soledad Builders, LLC
This Tuscan setting provides us a sense of being in another time and location. The floor candelabra is the perfect finishing touch.
Rick Hoge
A hoop chandelier and candelabra look at home in another Old World style room.
SDG Architecture, Inc..
In this wine cellar, heavy iron sconces seem rustic against the stone covered walls. I’ll bet if you were to look carefully, you would see the hammer marks out of hand forging.
This lighter, more delicate Spanish inspired candelabra sconce matches the stucco walls and performs well with the wavy rail.
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