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| Period Newel Lights are a vanishing breed, either scraped or turned into table lamps |
The 'fun ' part of restoration is taking something that most might pass by and bringing it back to something that epitomizes Victorian Decorative arts.
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| The lamp had a lot going on but the one color paint did nothing to bring out the details |
This newel post light didn't have much going for it when we started. Turned into a table lamp it had multiple coats of gold paint a frankly looked tired.
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| The use of proper placement of color bring out those details and the faux marbling creates a jewel like quality. |
However it was the details that make a piece and this was in fact a higher end Neo Grec Newel Post "mansion grade" light. We had to carefully strip the layers of paint, repair hairline cracks and then select a period polychrome scheme that was appropriate for the era of this piece.
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| Use of color again defines the 'architectural' component of the design |
So we turned an ugly ducking back into a swan.
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