There are two types of vintage light fixtures: either real antique or new vintage style lamps.

If you are decorating a room or your house in a vintage style, then you will need to look for the right kind and style of lamp. Antique fixtures are one-of -a-kind and may be very valuable. Hopefully you will find them in good condition and ready to use. You may search at e-Bay or at VintageLights.com, which also has catalogs and books you can look through from the early 1900′s.

On the other hand, vintage style lamps are just modeled and painted to look vintage. These lamps can be bought just about anywhere and can match any room.

These retro type fixtures can be found in any style:  Tiffany, Early American, French and many other, in the form of chandeliers, pendants, ceiling lights, wall sconces, etc.  Their materials may vary between brass, wrought iron or chrome.

Therefore, when looking for vintage fixtures, you will find a great amount of choices in style, design, uses, prices and look.

Tiffany lamps, named after its inventor Louis Comfort Tiffany, were originally part of the Art Nouveu movement. They are now popular for their glass lamp shades, that are available in various designs, shapes and colors, having an elegance of their own.

The hanging designs in different sizes and colors are the best way to light a room elegantly.

One of the most popular designs is the Wisteria Design because of its close resemblance to Wisteria tree. The fixture of the lamp looks like the trunk while the shade resembles blossoming limbs.

These days real Tiffany lamps are scarce and costly, but unique. Antique dealers are a great source for these valuable lamps. The real lamps are stamped on the bottom with L. C. T., or a Favrile stamp.

On the other hand, there are plenty of reproductions calling their products Tiffany, however the name has merely become a generic term used for a lamp with a stained glass shade.

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