My new (old) light fixture

[Gothichome]

Willa, that is a fantastic chandelier. I’m thinking closer to 1910 for a date. It would have been an expensive light at the time. Also it should have had shades similar to this Loetz shade. The trumpet shape not necessary the iridescents.

It might of had a tulip shaped shade.
The shades on it now are brand new. Some thing to keep an eye out for while antiquing.

[Gothichome]

Here is a tulip shape shade. This is a Stuben.
Finding five shades will be a long search unfortunately. Finding five stubens or loetz shades will be very, very very expensive.

[Willa]

See, I think this was a modest North American "idea" of a fancy french light fixture, as it is probably not brass, and certainly not gilt. Here's some other fixtures with rose shades, all better quality French antiques. The organic vine shapes on my fixture suggest a floral theme, so I think the rose shades are probably correct for what had been there.

The shades you have suggested are beautiful, but overkill for the quality of this fixture !

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[1918ColonialRevival]

That's a nice find. I agree with Gothichome - according to the books and catalogs in my collection, fixtures in this style with the ivy adornments were at their peak in the early 1910s, though a few were offered through about 1920 (for that matter, most lighting suppliers still stocked a few models of gas chandeliers up through about 1920 - doesn't mean they were necessarily popular). After 1920, they were gone.

One way to tell if the shades may be original - look at the fitter area. If they are thin and very smooth, they likely came later. If they have an imperfect finish, much like early 20th Century window glass, they are at least from the right era. The bell-shaped shades were much more common and came in a variety of finishes. Floral shades were more of a specialty item.

And yes, a lot of the so-called "French" chandeliers of the early 20th Century were made in North America.

[Mick_VT]

I highly doubt it is not brass - easy to tell with a magnet. Brass was the utilitarian metal of choice back then - very easy work into all sorts of functional and decorative shapes


whatever the shade choice, it's a beautiful lamp and fits your home well