Are you looking to add outdoor lighting to your home? There are so many lighting reproductions available today that are not just style-friendly but style-specific in ways that add architectural richness and detail to your home. Lighting reproductions have been around for a while. Early American fixtures, for instance, have been popular since the 1920s. But as authentic period examples become increasingly rare, today’s best reproductions often replicate those pieces’ quirky imperfections. Yet any of these designs can be rated for use outdoors on the porch, by an entry or alongside a walkway in your yard. Is your home Early or Colonial Revival? You can choose from rectangular lanterns with or without guards, and onion and globe lamps with decorative carry straps for wall, ceiling or post mount. Best of all, these replications are made with authentic materials: tin, terne, iron and copper.
Gaslight Fixtures
Does your home date to the mid to late 19th century? Then you have the option of choosing real gaslight for fixtures closely modeled after the flared, multi-paned shades, lantern shades, globe shades and acorn shades. If you’re not sure about the gas, Charleston Gaslight offers both gas and electric options for 19th century and Early American fixtures.
Mission-style Lighting
It has never been easier to find good Arts and Crafts and Mission-era lighting. There are at least a dozen manufacturers who base their reproductions on true period examples. But in the next wave of Arts and Crafts design, you can also find sophisticated interpretations of classic pieces in materials like copper and bronze. You can find reproductions that are tailored for specific uses that go beyond the door entry and lamp post. Coe Studios, for instance, offers a Mission-inspired bronze footlight. Brass Light Gallery is a great place to find versatile designs that easily morph from entries and porches to column mounts and garden path lights.
Electric-Era Lights
Almost every style made after the 19th century revolves around electronic-era lighting. These styles include facsimiles of Colonial Revival fixtures, reproductions of “medieval” designs originally found on Tudor and Spanish Colonial Revival homes, the classic over-the-garage bare-bulb industrial light, and Atomic Age fixtures from the sixties. These are all obviously electric fixtures, but most will also accept GU24 bulbs as well. These designs are available in a variety of metals, from cast iron to aluminum to bronze, and boast inventive finishes from black enamel to unlacquered bronze that often capture the look of period pieces.
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