Before. After.
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For years and years and years I had a chandelier in storage. I knew it was by Lightolier, but it was obviously missing its glass shades and ceiling canopy. It was also a mess. Really, it looked like something one would find in a rubbish pile.
See?
All of a sudden though I thought: “What did the lost shades look like?”
So, I looked through my Lightolier catalogs and there, in the 1937 volume, was what I needed:
Golly.
So, THAT is what the lost shades looked like!
And THAT is what the lost canopy looked like!
Sigh though. I knew I would never find a matched set of FIVE such shades. And the canopy? I had never seen it before. It was distinctive, even for Lightolier.
However, the more I looked at the catalog image the more the shades seemed familiar. Curiosity drove me back into my vast storage shed and…drum roll, please…I had NINE such shades on a low shelf. Nine!
Incredible!
Looking around my Lightolier section, I gazed upon the dozens of Lightolier ceiling canopies I have collected over the decades.
And there, tucked way back, was…drum roll, please. And, some trumpets, too…the very canopy needed.
So, for all these years I have had all the parts required to restore something long bruised and unloved.
Wanna see?
Scroll way down. Make sure you have a hankie.
Hear the drums?
Hear the trumpets?
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I do love a happy ending.
And with this restoration, something is just a tiny bit better in the world.
My online vintage lighting store.
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Wowzer! That is really beautiful all lit up
Ross it’s beautiful
I love the combination of metal finishes. It’s just a bit too new for my house but I really love it. It reminds me a little of the light fixture that was in the dining room that had been taken down and stored in the garage. I saw it when I did my final walk through and wanted to store it in my car but the realtor advised me against it. Of course, when the house closed I found it had been moved in the garage. One arm was broken as was one of the shades. The arm was irreparable and I never could find a fifth custard shade to match the four I had. I love what I have now, even though it is a bit too old for the house, but I am sad I couldn’t restore one of the few original features to the house that I found. All of the other light fixtures were from the 1949 remodel or even more recent.
I think it is wonderful you have the resources to search through your stash and find the exact items you needed to restore it to original condition. I can see the influence of the lighting fixture I had in that one, but more modern. I really prefer that one to the original one I used to have. It really is distinctive.
OMGoodness!!! Unbelievable! You are charmed in so many ways! And awesome in all ways! 🥰
Holy moly, that’s an amazing bunch of synchronicities and a fabulous result!
Stunning! Your level of craftsmanship is off the charts Ross!
Bravo!
Beautiful, Ross. I found this fixture in the original box, never installed. Shades were in tact, canopy present. Just a tiny bit of brown paint had chipped from years in storage. It’s currently hanging over my dining room table and it was pictured in one of the photos featured in Old House Journal 🙂