Antique kerosene lamps are wonderful for decorating your kitchen, especially if you have a country style design. You can put them on your desk or hang one up in the bathroom. They are great for the front porch or to light up the back yard as well. The flicker of a flame adds to the beauty of an antique kerosene lamp, which makes it an excellent choice. These days, this type of lamp is primarily used for camping trips, and you can certainly use it for that. It is nice to add it to your home, however.

If you prefer another style of antique lamp, try an antique piano lamp. They can be clipped onto things like a desk and used as a reading lamp or they can light up a framed picture on a shelf or the fireplace mantel. Piano lamps can be used in the hallway or in the kitchen. The style permits antique piano lamps to be a part of just about any room of your house.

For those looking for something a little bit larger, and antique floor lamp might serve the purpose. Antique floor lamps are tall and slender. They are usually designed with special lamp shades of colored glass, frills, and brass stands. They can light up a corner, or the whole room. Antique floor lamps certainly command attention in whatever room they are in. They go best in living rooms, family rooms, dens, and hallways. It is nice to sit on an easy chair and read under an antique floor lamp.

There are many more types, sizes and styles of antique lamps, including antique crystal lamps, antique bridge lamps, and antique oil lamps. Each type has its own special features. It is all up to you how much you would like to spend on your antique lamp. Determine your budget, think about where you will put the lamp, and consider what you will use the lamp for. Once you have a good idea about these things, you can go ahead an shop for your very own antique lamp.

Today, while many candle sticks lie forgotten and ignored, this romantic style of lighting is being revived by The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co!.  With their expert knowledge, candle sticks are transformed and reappear as objects of beauty and function.  It really is "new light on an old subject" with the exchange from wax to electricity! 

The candle sticks, their candle cups now fitted with faux candles, retain their original look beautifully. Their usually slender form is fitted with a 25w globe and designed for a small sized lamp shade. They can look very much at home on a desk, hall table or side board, adding an elegant touch to a wide variety of interiors, including as pretty little bed side lamps.

The company is well known for their interior designer range of classic lighting.  Their lamps are entirely unique, designed in-house and bench made, with an on line catalogue of over one hundred lamps to choose from! 

The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co currently have a choice range of candle stick lamps in polished brass, French and English, waxed English oak and a particularly charming Edwardian example of Chinoiserie decoration.

They also offer a hand made silk lampshade service to compliment.  The decorative potential of lamp shades should never be underestimated.  There are many ways of bringing colour into an interior and the use of coloured and patterned lampshades can make a bold contribution.

An English, Art Deco era, black oak, candle stick lamp.

The oak finely turned with a wide circular base standing on three small bun feet.

The lamp column lightly polished with oak wood grain showing through.

The column surmounted with a turned brass “cotton reel” candle cup.

The candle cup fitted with a faux candle and lamp holder.

Art Deco - Circa 1920    Overall height (including shade) 21"/53cm

The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique and vintage lamps on view.

Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.

You are invited to visit their web site at www.antiquelampshop.com

© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009

History of Wildwood

In 1900, Mr. W. Bulluck founded a retail store in the small southern town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  Although the store prospered, Mr. Bulluck turned the store over to his son-in-law, Hatcher Kincheloe, during the depression.  In the early 1960’s, Bill Kincheloe, grandson of Mr. Bulluck, became manager of the store. At the time, lamps and lampshades were only one component of the retail business.  At the request of his customers, Bill Kincheloe began developing a process to make customized lamps and lampshades.

By 1969, the retail store was producing a limited quantity of fine hand-crafted lamps using “in-house” wooden pieces and other components from importers. One day a furniture representative remarked that he could “sell” those lamps. The rep was given the line, photographs were taken, and Wildwood was launched.

In the early years, Wildwood Lamps focused on creating beautiful, classically inspired, European masterpieces.  Later, Transitional, Contemporary, and Modern styles and sub-styles such as Coastal, Casual, Southwest were introduced.  By 2000, to reach a growing number of consumers, the company began to expand the line to include a greater number of styles at more moderate prices.  Wildwood called this line of lamps “Marketplace.”  These lamps still maintained the attention to design and detail expected from a Wildwood lamp.

Today, Wildwood Lamps offers an extensive selection of the fine table lamps, floor lamps, desk lamps, buffet lamps, chandeliers, limited pieces of occasional furniture, and interior décor accessories. The company maintains both the Wildwood and the Marketplace line of lamps which allows customers choices in terms of the level of investment. Wildwood designers find inspiration from around the world to create exquisite, beautiful, and unique lamps and accessories of great distinction. For the discriminating buyer seeking fine quality home lamps or office lamps, a Wildwood Lamp is an excellent choice and will be appreciated for years to come – an heirloom for tomorrow.

Encompassing Traditional, Transitional, Contemporary, and Modern styles, the Wildwood collection includes over four thousand table lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers, and other interior décor accessories.  In addition, lamps are available in numerous materials such as hand-decorated porcelain and ceramic, lead crystal, pure brass, solid bronze, several types of iron, wood, glass, chrome, and natural fiber. Many different finishes and patinas are carefully hand-applied to the various materials.  A Wildwood lamp offers the promise of beauty and enduring quality that will be treasured for years to come.
History of Wildwood

In 1900, Mr. W. Bulluck founded a retail store in the small southern town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  Although the store prospered, Mr. Bulluck turned the store over to his son-in-law, Hatcher Kincheloe, during the depression.  In the early 1960’s, Bill Kincheloe, grandson of Mr. Bulluck, became manager of the store. At the time, lamps and lampshades were only one component of the retail business.  At the request of his customers, Bill Kincheloe began developing a process to make customized lamps and lampshades.

By 1969, the retail store was producing a limited quantity of fine hand-crafted lamps using “in-house” wooden pieces and other components from importers. One day a furniture representative remarked that he could “sell” those lamps. The rep was given the line, photographs were taken, and Wildwood was launched.

In the early years, Wildwood Lamps focused on creating beautiful, classically inspired, European masterpieces.  Later, Transitional, Contemporary, and Modern styles and sub-styles such as Coastal, Casual, Southwest were introduced.  By 2000, to reach a growing number of consumers, the company began to expand the line to include a greater number of styles at more moderate prices.  Wildwood called this line of lamps “Marketplace.”  These lamps still maintained the attention to design and detail expected from a Wildwood lamp.

Today, Wildwood Lamps offers an extensive selection of the fine table lamps, floor lamps, desk lamps, buffet lamps, chandeliers, limited pieces of occasional furniture, and interior décor accessories. The company maintains both the Wildwood and the Marketplace line of lamps which allows customers choices in terms of the level of investment. Wildwood designers find inspiration from around the world to create exquisite, beautiful, and unique lamps and accessories of great distinction. For the discriminating buyer seeking fine quality home lamps or office lamps, a Wildwood Lamp is an excellent choice and will be appreciated for years to come – an heirloom for tomorrow.

The purpose of the desk lamp is not only to give light. The desk lamps available these days are specifically made to focus the lights in the required area. There are adjustment desk lamps where you can conveniently focus the light on the required area and can also increase or decrease the intensity of the light as per your need. The old days, if the desk lamp is used to be one huge bulb which would heat up in half an hour is gone. Today the desk lamps are sophisticated objects which enhance the look of your desk and also have functional purposes. Almost all corporates and executives with big desk keep desk lamps, The desk lamp has become a standard symbol of some one with authority and a high profile. The moment one see’s a desk lamp on an executive’s desk; they get the impression that the following person spends a lot of time reading and has a authority over his employees.

Table or desk lamps come in a variety of shapes, styles, sizes and trends. There are the modern tiny and sleek ones which look no more than a thin modern art structure but give powerful light for reading. Then there are the lamps from colonial times and have pieces of art painted on them. They also serve the reading purpose but also add to the interiors of the house. They give the impression of taste with intelligence. The shape of these lamps can be spiral, rounded, coned, etc depending upon your choice. These lamps are easily available online and at local stores.

Often desk lamps are bought for decorating the house and thought the light refection in them is diffused they add to the total furnishing of the house. There are brass piano lamps, there are fabric lamps, there are stain glass lamps, etc. There are various varieties available in them and you can choose according to they style of your house. There are also battery operated lamps available these days which are basically for reading purposes. The desk lamps can be used to decorate side tables, office desks, dressing area tables, etc. They add beauty to the ambience of the house. For example if you have colonial style wooden furniture then a wooden lamp, fabric lamp or the brass piano lamp would go well with the look. Always choose a desk lamp for both utilitarian and decorative purposes.