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Established in 1982 by Ned Cavendish, Bella Figura is a well established purveyor of decorative lighting throughout the UK. Part of the extensive collection is inspired by fixtures from Holker Hall, the Cavendish family’s 16th-century home. In recent years, the collection has broadened to address a more contemporary aesthetic by introducing transitional designs and materials like nickel, Murano glass, leather, suede and feather trim. (via Elements of Living)

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Lawrence & Scott

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The collaboration between manufacturer Lloyd Scott Kirsch and Los Angeles interior designer Lucia Lawrence began decades ago, with a common interest in both design and Asian travel. "No one else was going to China to manufacture things in 1960," says Lucia’s daughter Marcia Van Liew, who became director in 1990. Kirsh passed away long ago, and mother and daughter now often work with the children of craftspeople that Kirsch and Lawrence met decades ago. The collection continues to reflect the founders' discernment. "We don't pursue trends," Van Liew says. Indeed, the company’s bronzes are buried in Chinese earth for long periods to achieve the desired patina. (via Elements of Living)

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Ball and Ball

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A visit to the Ball and Ball showroom in Exton, PA is like a visit to a house museum. Before 1700, Ball family members fabricated armor for the British crown; the current company, founded in 1932, specializes in hand-forged metalwork for the period home. Using 18th-century techniques, Ball and Ball turns out brass and iron chandeliers, tin sconces, copper lanterns, adjustable candle stands and more. Some designs are careful reproductions; others the company owns. (Custom work welcome.) (via Elements of Living)

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CL Sterling & Son

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Ingenuity can be born of frustration. That was the case for interior designer Peter Carlson, founder of CL Sterling & Son. Disappointed by fixtures on the market, Carlson began creating his own. One line, the Archer, comprises sturdy rectangular volumes outlined in bands of metal. The Brockway, shown here, mixes similar flourishes with drum-like shapes to evoke Deco-era passenger ships. The fixtures, both handsome and sturdy, lend a touch of class to ceilings and walls without overpowering an interior. (via Elements of Living)

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Snowlab

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Light is not merely for work tasks, according to this Montreal-based conceptual design agency. Informed by theories of the healing powers of light and color, André Keilani created the Therapie and Flare wall lights. These Rothko-like bands of concentrated color (replaceable acetate sandwiched between illumination source and a hazy screen) effect moods ranging from sexy to tranquil. The small collection also includes Bio 1 and 2 by Daniel Riache, in which perforations in un-enameled porcelain radiate faraway constellations. (via Elements of Living)

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Goralnick Design

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"I'm interested in a design vocabulary that falls between traditional and contemporary," says Barry Goralnick, who launched Goralnick Design last year. His collection favors crisp lines and tactile surfaces (cerused oak, snake skins, lacquered linen) and is hand-crafted by artisans in a generations-old workshop located in a Blue Ridge hamlet. Goralnick also makes use of a platinum finish. "It’s gorgeous," he says. "I don’t know why people don’t use it more." (via Elements of Living)

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Lesley Anton

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Lesley Anton’s "organic modern" ceramic lamps are characterized by sculptural forms, and textured surfaces in earthy colors such as Ash, Wheat, Sea Green and Turquoise. The former potter and graphic designer relishes the unpredictability inherent in firing clay, and seeks it out: she frequently pushes the upper limits of kiln temperature and will press eucalyptus pods, slices of lotus root and other organic matter into surfaces to rough up their smooth finishes. (via Elements of Living)

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Lyle and Umbach, Ltd.

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Decades ago, painter John Lyle and art dealer Mark Umbach resolved to do something about not being able to find a certain lamp-- they made the Pompeiian. "We rode in on the Eighties wave for Neo-Classicism," says Lyle, a former painter turned company designer. "We used to sell a Pompeiian a day; now it’s one every few weeks." The catalog now numbers nearly 50 unimpeachable lamp designs for table and floor available through Holly Hunt. Lyle divides his time between New York and the L&U business office in Islesboro, Maine, a sort of "offshore 'Mayberry RFD.' We love it there." (via Elements of Living)

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Orestes Suarez

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Orestes Suarez’s interiors exhibit a strong Asian influence, though the Cuban-born designer says he has no idea where it came from. "There wasn’t much Asian anything going on" in his Miami childhood home, he says. Suarez, who oversaw Barbara Barry's furniture collections for Baker before going solo in Los Angeles a decade ago, champions the tasteful hybrid, "nothing ethnic, not trendy, and very quiet." His eponymous lighting collection favors sumptuous materials (gleaming wood veneers, aluminum, steel, paper, slim silk pongee) and contemporary geometries. Suarez is currently in Bangkok working on a new collection. (via Elements of Living)

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Jan Showers

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Dallas interior designer Jan Showers champions a delicate glamour--a pale alchemy of silk, glass, books and inventive applications of leather, parchment, mirror and other elements. Showers’s sculptural table lamps on Lucite platforms reveal a penchant for obelisks, Murano glass, crystal ball finials and horizontal shades. "We think of our lamps as jewelry for the home," spokesperson Becky Boylan says, and they have been the most successful aspect of the 3-year-old furniture collection. "Jan made them to work in a wide range of interior styles," Boylan says proudly. "Everyone's copying them." (via Elements of Living)

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