MJH DesignArts IS HAVING A HUGE LIGHTING SALE

Lighting.......lamps, sconces, chandeliers--ANTIQUE BRASS CANDLESTICKS........I love just about all lighting elements. I guess that my favorites are antiques brass candlesticks from the 17th through modern 20th c examples. I started collecting antique brass candlesticks while living in Spain and have sold more than one collection.
Most of my lighting pieces are listed on  1stdibs.com under the store site "THE COLLECTION" (WEST HOLLYWOOD)

SO I'M PUTTING ALL OF MY LIGHTING ELEMENTS ON SALE--they are all from 35 to 50 PERCENT OFF ORIGINAL PRICING.

Here are some examples from my website mjhdesignarts.com--for additional information and pricing, go to the website and click on "LIGHTING"--I'll be posting prices tonite and tomorrow. Please email me--or you can contact me directly from the webpage--if I have neglected to post the sale pricing., please let me know. Some of the lamps are my designs, others are simply what I love.

Here goes.......

1970's CHINOISERIE--FREDERICK COOPER

PAIR JAMES MONT STYLE SOLID BRASS PAGODA LAMPS--LOVE THE DOLPHIN FINIALS

PAIR OPALINE CERULEAN BLUE LAMPS DATING TO 1950s

MJH DesignArts (me) designed large CHINOISERIE SCONCES----these were in the Graystone Manor room designed by renown international designer Michelle Nussbaumer

PAIR OF MJHDESIGNARTS DESIGNED ROCK CRYSTAL & ANTIQUE ITALIAN FAUX PAINTED FRAGMENT--WITH VINTAGE FORTUNY SHADES.

PAIR PERIOD LOUIS XV BRASS CANDLESTICKS (favorites) c. 1760

PAIR PERIOD  FRENCH REGENCE STICKS, c.1725

(I also have three single 18th c. French brass sticks)

OPALINE MURANO LAMP

FANTASTICAL (is this a word?) AND FUNKY ITALIAN WHEAT SCONCES OR ELECTRIFIED CANDELABRA (i love these crazy guys)

MJH DesignArts DESIGNED WHIPPET LAMPS--just look at the detail.

AND FINALLY.........this is a glimpse of a pair of Period Louis XV/XVI GILT BRONZE CHENETS (fire dogs) that I have mounted on custom lucite plinths.

These are so sweet--my website photos do not do these little ladies justice --I'll be taking and loading new photos tomorrow. These lamps are one-of-a-kind, the bronze chenets are signed and numbered on the backs.

There are more lamps posted to my website--but after going through the photos, I realize that my photography skills are enormously improved and that some of my older photos are pretty awful (I guess it's all relative)--so I'll be taking some new photos.

Thanks for visiting--just email me or contact me through my website for additional information, pricing and photos--I love all inquiries.

OTHER NEWS..........

We got a breather today: didn't even break 90* after almost an entire week of 100* and up. I am SO grateful--LA freeways are not fun when it gets that hot!

Be well,

Mary & Jones & Cole

NEW LAMPS

They're mine...

Here is a close up of the gorgeous deep cerulean blue of the opaline glass:

Opaline glass has always been very desirable, especially the colored pieces. This beautiful opaque glass was first developed in France and reached its height of popularity in the late 19th century. Although these vases (now lamps) were created in the mid-20th c., their desirability is increasing as opaline glass is no longer made. The French method of creating opaline glass involved blowing powdered lead into the molten glass which created the desirable opacity. However, this process was highly toxic to the glass workers and its manufacture is now prohibited. These lamps were very pricey and I was not careful enough during preview and missed a restoration to the opaline base at the back of one of the lamps.....I HATE IT WHEN I DO THIS...I get absorbed in the beauty of an object and neglect my homework. Marcos (glass restorer) will pick up the lamp next week--and there goes my profit margin. The repair will be almost invisible, but I will still disclose its existence and consequently the price point will be lower.

.......AND I also brought home these guys.

  

Here is a detail shot

   

These beauties are circa 1970-80's Frederick Cooper solid brass lamps with a Chinese porcelain-inspired form. Note the beautiful ribbed brass lidded jar form and the custom rosewood base. I went on the Frederick Cooper website to check for current large solid brass lamps....and there weren't any! The price of brass and copper has risen to the point where it is almost prohibitive to create large purely decorative objects with solid metals. And these lamps are big guys--they measure 23" to the top of the socket, but they also have a large girth and highly detailed molded brass lids.....all marks of exceptional metal work. I've paired the lamps with black linen shades that are lined with gold paper--not bad. They would be great with Milo Baughman  (or a contemporary) furnishings or even with period furniture as their form references antiques Chinese porcelain.

As long as we are discussing lamps....

   

   

  

I bought this pair of early twentieth century theater lamps a couple of months ago. They have been rewired for domestic use...I'd love to see them sitting on some one's library shelf. Both of these spots have a heavy and well-earned patina and lots of character. Nothing like a little counterpoint in my lamp inventory.

In my opinion, lamps are an extremely important focal point in any room. Their form, color and placement need to be considered at the start of a project, not as simply an end-of-project add on. It is possible to have a great lamp and to ruin it, or at least mask its character, by using an inappropriate or wrong-sized shade. I've been know to return shades 3 or 4 times before finding the "just perfect" shade. Because lamp shade styles (just like decorative pillows) go in and out of fashion, a great way to update a room is to change out the lamp shades.

I'm loving the extra hour of daylight--Jones gets more park time and my creativity level goes way up.

Thanks for visiting. Happy Spring.

Mary & Jones (& Cole)