Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A Perfect Pair: Bold Blue and Robin's Egg Swank!

If you happened to catch the March issue of House Beautiful Magazine, you may have seen a gorgeous pair of Swank Lighting lamps in the Tobi Fairley article on page 71. If you gazed onto that pair with envy, well be envious no more: you can own your very own pair! But more importantly, if you purchase these lamps you’ll want to place them in a room where they can really shine. We took a page out of the House Beautiful article and we think you’ll like the results!


This Round Mirror with Blue Frame by Fontana Arte is absolutely stunning, jaw-dropping and bold. From Italy and made in the height of Mid-Century style, 1966, the mirror features a strong round shape. It’s a beveled round mirror set in a brass frame, that’s then surrounded by a concave glass frame that features a deep, rich blue color. The translucency of the blue glass really gives this piece a very ethereal-feeling; it’s like the mirror is almost hovering just away from the wall itself. An original Fontana Arte piece, you’ll love to have this mirror in your collection.


As mentioned, this gorgeous pair of lamps are like the ones featured in the Home Beautiful article, and they are Robins Egg Blue Barovier & Toso Murano Lamps from the heady and stylish 1950's. These lamps are stunning for a number of reasons. The color of the glass is a soft and subtle robin’s egg blue, with 24k gold details that surround the large controlled bubbles that make up the pattern of the glass, which is classy, surprising and intricate. And these lamps are hand blown! Set on a base that helps accentuate the gold details of the bubbles, the lamps make for perfect compositions.

So like we said, we took a page out of House Beautiful Magazine when we designed this perfect pair. Without giving too much away in case you haven’t read that particular issue—well it’s all about that fabulous color blue. So, the commonality between these two pieces was the color blue! What makes them work together rather than clash is the fact that the blue colors are so different; one is a strong, deep, bold blue while the other is a subtle, milky robin’s egg blue. Together, they share that commonality but also make the other piece stand out. And we like how the curves of the lamps match the curve of that mirror’s frame! What a perfect pair.
 

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