Articles & Tips

Guides, gift ideas and tips on antique lamps and chandeliers — how to choose, how to adapt, and how to care for a piece with a history.

Antique banker's lamp with a green glass shade on a wooden writing desk

A Desk Lamp for a Lawyer: A Gift Worthy of a Serious Desk

Looking for a gift for a lawyer? An antique desk lamp — a green-shade banker's lamp, a brass lamp or a vintage reading lamp — brings style, colour and craftsmanship to an office desk that simply isn't made anymore.

Looking up at the shop ceiling covered with glass shades and light fittings

Customizing Antique Lamps: New Bases, New Shades and Rewiring

Found an antique lamp or chandelier that's almost perfect? It can be adapted: a new shade or base, rewiring to current standards, chandelier repairs and missing parts — without losing the original character.