by Gone With The Wind Lamp
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Dale Tiffany hurricane lamps are beautifully crafted lamps that are often inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s originals.
His work is classic and timeless and is sure to be a great accent to any room in your home.
- Bronze finish.
- Mica hurricane shade.
- Natural mica shade makes each piece different and unique.
- Takes one 60 watt bulb (not included).
- 25″ high.
Grab attention in your casual decor with this wilderness inspired table lamp. The lamp features a pinecone inspired base in a bronze finish with a pinecone mica hurricane style shade. The shade is fashioned from the naturally occurring mica mineral. Slight variations due to the natural tone and pattern of the mica mineral make each shade unique. From Dale Tiffany. Takes one 60 watt bulb (not included). 25″ high. Shade is 16″ in diameter.
List Price: $ 419.99
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by Gone With The Wind Lamp
Most people relate Gone With The Wind lamps as a Victorian style glass lamp with hand-painted floral designs. This is not necessarily the case though.
The Victorian era was the heyday of etched glass. Acid etching (that was actually referred to as embossing by the tradesmen that made this type of glass) was actually developed by a Swedish chemist back in 1771 but became popular in the late 1800′s. This was the original method used by early craftsmen. The problem was that the process used hydrofluoric acid which was very dangerous.
As techniques were developed over time, wheel engraving became more prominent. It was first introduced during the 1850s in this country but had been around for a long time before that. Today most glass is etched or engraved. Both are quite similar but if you take a closer look at engraved glass you’ll find that the quality is not as good as etched. Engraved glass is usually done using a rotary tool to create the design. Etched glass is produced mostly by hand, one piece at a time. Another popular way of etching glass is the utilization of lasers. It’s faster to create designs this way.
When you look at etched or engraved glass
they will look to be of similar quality. [click to continue…]
