Lighting/Electrical

buying guides from traditional building

In-depth reports examining lighting and electrical fixtures, including historic lighting restoration, new lighting fixtures, historical lighting fabrications, and hardware.

timberlane-yellow-shutters

Manufacturer of custom exterior shutters: more than 40 historically accurate, customizable styles; available in premium woods & our own maintenance-free Endurian, along with the large selection of period shutter hardware.

Crenshaw restored a badly damaged chandelier for the Evangelical Lutheran church in Frederick, MD. The 5-ft.-dia. chandelier had fallen to the floor. It features a custom clumped amber glass bowl, hand-blown French wide fluted glass shades and incandescent lighting.

Lighting/Electrical

Historic lighting companies have to be on the leading edge of the technological curve while keeping a foot in the past.

Remains Lighting

Lighting/Electrical

Manufacturers of exterior lighting fixtures are making adjustments to meet market demands while maintaining historic designs.

The Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio,TX, called on St. Louis Antique Lighting Co. to develop historic replicas of the 1890s fixtures. Using LED lamps supplied by Cree, Inc., and following a ca. 1900 catalog from Vosburgh Co., the supplier of the original gas and electric fixtures, St. Louis designed new 10-light replica chandeliers that will use less wattage than a single 60-watt incandescent lamp.

Lighting/Electrical

Energy efficiency becomes a consideration for architects when specifying lighting for current projects.

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