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Lighting Glossary: Lighting Styles A-M

Your Search Guide for the Perfect Lighting Style

Lighting Guide Shortly after venturing into the world of lighting, you’ll probably realize that it’s a bit more complex than you might have thought. Incandescent, fluorescent, downrods, baffle – it’s easy to get lost out there. Our glossary of lighting-related terms will aid your search for the perfect light. If you can’t find the lighting style here, call us with any questions you may have, PHONE NUMBER. We have a trained staff of lighting experts who can help you find any style from traditional or modern lighting.

Styles: A-M
Antique: Whether you wish to bring back the days of the Pilgrims or desire the styles from “Gone with the Wind”, the antique fixture sends you back to days of yore. These style fixtures will bring a warming touch to your home. Usually characterized by burnished or brushed metal, this style is often reflected in traditional fixtures as well.

Arts and Crafts: Created in the early 20th century, to revolt against the industrial revolution, the American Arts and Crafts Movement drew inspiration from the materials, choosing to highlight the grain of the wood or form of the metal. Furniture and architectural details were designed to take advantage of machines allowing the individual craftsmen to assemble the furniture and finish the wood. This lighting style is now known to incorporate rich wood and earth tones with strong metal finishes.

Art Deco: The period termed "art deco" manifested itself roughly between the two world wars, or 1920 to 1939. As with many other art movements, even work of today is still being influenced by the past. This period of design and style did not just affect architecture, but all of the fine and applied arts as well. Art Deco was a "modernization" of many artistic lighting styles and themes from the past. You can easily detect in many examples of Art Deco the influence of Far and Middle Eastern design, Greek and Roman themes, and even Egyptian and Mayan influence. Art Deco style is characterized by geometric and angular shapes, chrome, glass, shiny fabrics, mirrors and mirror tiles and theatrical contrasts such as highly polished wood and glossy black lacquer mixed with satin and furs.

Casual: These furnishings are comfortable, warm, inviting, and homey. Simple details, textured elements, and restful horizontal lines characterize this lighting style. Rectangular and softly curved elements contribute to a casual feel. The furniture is large in scale and selected for comfort and utility with less emphasis on design or design elements.

Contemporary/Modern: Contemporary and modern pieces feature neutral elements and bold color. Clean lines, sculptural furnishings, art, industrial elements and bold color characterize these furnishings. This lighting style is known for its underlying simplicity of line, shape, form, and attention to practical functions as compared to the dramatic and lavish appearances of traditional furniture styles. Contemporary fixtures often incorporate classic and traditional features in subtle, understated ways. Its simplicity and clean lines combine with strong geometric shapes and symmetry, incorporating classic and traditional features in sleek and understated ways. The inspiration for these fixtures is drawn from manufacturing/architecture and organic forms.

Country: This furniture is casual and unpretentious. Almost exclusively light and warm colored woods and metals, this can be thought of having a certain “rustic class”. Often containing a period flavor, this lighting style is both rustic and romantic with graceful curves and comfortable style.

Mission: An early 20th century American offshoot of the Arts and Crafts Movement, mission can be identified by its clean straight lines, evoking the same organic beauty as Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural designs. Its style is simple, utilitarian and uniquely American. Mission style fixtures are the distinctive product of the simple woodworking and exposed joinery used by Spanish missionaries in Southwestern North America. Fumed oak is the material most characteristic of this style, and accents of warm colored fabrics and leathers complete the look.

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