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Antique Table Lamps for Interior Design - Chinoiserie
Stylish table lamps are the key to a well-furnished rooms and a large Key to the stylish table lamp is the Chinoiserie style, means a French term, pronounced "shin-wahz-ree" "Chinese-esque" or "Everything reflects the Chinese culture: Chinese artifacts, designs, artistic styles, behavior."
But to give a fuller picture of this classic Win decorating style, we must go back in history at the time, the intrepid traveler Marco Polo. It was this famous Venetian first opened the eyes of the West, the mysterious land, known to Chinese as the Middle Kingdom or China.
Around the end of the 13th Century, new and exciting products began to trickle into Europe from China, a country that is still hidden and virtually unknown in the West. Europe was fascinated by the exotic imports such as silk, lacquered furniture, porcelain, all extremely expensive and purchased only by the wealthy classes. These beautiful and strange objects, which led the development of a European interpretation of Chinese decoration, French as "Chinoiserie".
The mid-18th Century saw a French, aristocratic demand for fine interior design with various European monarchs, like Louis XV of France, with a special request to make this exciting genre, as it blended very well with the high rococo style of the day.
In true Chinoiserie fairyland mandarins lived in fanciful mountainous landscapes with cobweb bridges. They wore flower parasols, in thin Bamboo pavilion of dragons and phoenixes pursued lolled, while monkeys swung from leaves borders, always finely drawn and full of free flowing movement with beautifully balanced composition.
Chinoiserie quickly became the height of fashion, the definition of interior design style of Paris, London, Berlin and Saint Petersburg, find expression in media such as furniture, porcelain, wallpaper and fabric, to name a few.
Although the popularity of chinoiserie is in the middle of the eighteenth century have passed its peak, its value as a riveting, interior decoration style has never abated.
In the case of a traditional or eclectic interiors, refined antique table lamps Chinoiserie style of quick draw "up the look", adding interest and a sense of high style. Dependable, decorative lighting specialists such as The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co are able to offer quality antique or vintage lamp or light source may, in particular technical requirements on request.
Table Lamp Tips - remember that with a dimmer, or simply changing the output of the lamp significantly altered the mood of a room.
We invite you to their Web site at www.antiquelampshop.com visit
© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2008
About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery. From an early age he recalls picking up tea cups, looking for the mark on the base, discerning the maker.
His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections.
He is also well known as a regular lecturer to ceramic societies, fine arts societies, he also consults to leading auction houses and has been a sought after contributor to magazines and journals with articles on antique ceramics.
Extending his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
This style of table lamp has a list of benefits:-
1. A functional table lamp.
2. An antique work of art.
3. A constant visual pleasure.
4. Remember, table lamps are not meant to illuminate a room as per overhead lighting, but are selectively placed to provide a softer pool of light accentuating and complimenting the décor and “feeling” of a room.
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