One of our guiding mottos here at VintageLights.com is this quote from William Morris, which we try to get back to at least once a month here in the blog:
"Have nothing in your home you know not to be useful and believe to be beautiful."
Simple and elegant.
The above image of this vintage light fixture brought this thought back to me this morning. Just looking at this antique light fixture by itself, a former church fixture and a somewhat Tudor style pattern on the shade, some imagination would be necessary to see it in an Arts & Crafts setting. And here it is, very comfortable visually frolicking with the 1896 inspired Arts & Crafts print. Even the crown fitter atop the antique fixture does not seem out of place here, with its pattern reversed along the bottom of the shade, it adds some tranquility to the scene. The muted colors of the vintage shade, orange and blue set in a tan colored lattice, is almost as pleasing as a rose covered trellis out in the garden. The custard colored shade would bathe the entire room with a very pleasing warm light, especially delightful on some stained wood furniture or woodwork as the tan pattern resembles an open beam structure.
Useful and beautiful.
We have another way of keeping his message in our forefront:
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