Fifties style fixtures are gaini

SOME OF the most popular light
fixtures on the market today have a
feeling of deja vie about them.
Contemporary in style, many of
these streamlined pieces seem renii-
niscent of the sleek globes, elongat-

tures that were common during the
“40s. °50s and “60s.

Rick Garofalo, owner of a con-
temporary furniture shop, is amazed
atthe success he's having with a
“SOs-inspired S-curved lamp. He
sold three of the lamps within days

af putting them on display.

Garofalo says dhe New Baroque
design movement, strong in Europe
today. is a nigger force behind the
interest in “Os, and “SOs design. The
style incorporates many decorative
and whimsical embellishments and

shapes that were common in the
mid-century decades.

“This desten is fun and appealing
because we've just come out of such
a black period where design was
laken so seriously, People scem to
ike the “50s cartoon aspect of the

ng popularity

machine-age shapes
and curves.”
Furniture
shop owner
Richard
Penachio agrees
that lighting from

ed cylinders and tuturistic light fix-
the °50s is sought

after. The lighting trend was spurred
by a general revival of interest in the
clothing and music of the ‘50s.

Penachio said that during the late
*8Gs he could sell almost anything at
the high end of °50s lighting. Over
the past few years, the style has
grown more popular.

“The rule of thumb in collecting
is that people usually buy what their
grandparents would have purchased
when they got married. This ‘50s
craze threw (out) the rule of thumb.”

Mid-century fixtures are often in
the same price range as new fixtures
in similar styles. High design period
fixtures tend to hold their value.

Normand Mainville, another fur-
niture store owner, said that
Japanese, British, German and
Belgian collectors have increased
the demand and the prices of high
design from the mid-century.

As for adding one of these sleek
fixtures to period rooms. one expert
said that “lighting is like a telephone
— use is more important than style.”

“A sleeker light source does
seem to fit in with any interior
decor. If you have Victorian furni-
ture you would be nuts to have
Victorian lighting — the room
would be too dark. Bringing in good
light is u necessity.”

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Times syndicate.

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