For your lighting I would recommend Chris Allen at:
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We needed a certain style of gasolier that had been converted to electricity
after the turn of the century and they were able to locate them for us.
As for fabrics, there are many companies doing reproductions of Scalamandre,
etc. Call a local interior decorator and find out who they recommend. You
can also match fabrics using various historic interiors books. Denver
Fabrics online carries many reproductions of historic patterns.
Michelle
Curator
Hickory Hill
The historic home of Senator Thomas E. Watson.
502 Hickory Hill Drive
Thomson, GA 30824
Phone: 706.595.7777
FAX: 706.595.7177
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Subject: Repro Gas Lighting, fabrics, etc.
Does anyone know of a good source for authentic, "Victorian" era,
post Civil War (1869-1884), reproduction gas lighting fixtures? That is,
they should be converted electric fixtures that appear to be gasoliers
with pipe, proper fittings, etc. As "authentic" reproduction as
possible. In this particular case, we're in search of "large," crystal
chandeliers (8-12 lights). Please advise.
Also, is anyone aware of good alternatives to the incredibly
expensive Scalamandre, et. al. reproduction fabrics for Victorian era
window treatments? Are their any domestic manufacturers producing material
that would be appropriate for display as late Victorian era window
treatments that are also reasonably priced (French, Second-Empire mansion)?
I have already consulted ALHFAM's Replica Resource List and the usual
suspects (web sites, google, chandelier.com, Wiliam Seale's,
Preservation Press, etc.). Thank you!
Jeremy T. Chrabascz, Curator of Furnishings
Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites
650 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2725
(317) 232-1649, Tel / (317) 233-8268, Fax / JChrabascz@...
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