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Antique Table Lamps for Interior Design - Chinoiserie
Stylish table lamps are the key to a well furnished room and a major key to the stylish table lamp is the Chinoiserie style, a French term, pronounced “shin-wahz-ree” signifying "Chinese-esque" or “anything reflecting Chinese culture: Chinese artifacts, designs, artistic styles, behavior”.
Yet, to gain a richer understanding of this classic decorating style, we need to go back in history to the time of that intrepid traveller, Marco Polo. It was this famous Venetian who first opened the eyes of the West to the mysterious land, known to the Chinese as the Middle Kingdom or China.
Around the late 13th century, new and exciting products began to trickle into Europe from China, a land still hidden and virtually unknown to the West. Europe was fascinated by the exotic imports such silk, lacquered furniture and porcelain, all vastly expensive and purchased only by the wealthy social classes. These beautiful and curious objects led to the development of a European interpretation of Chinese decoration which the French called, “Chinoiserie”.
The mid 18th century saw a French, aristocratic demand for sumptuous interior design with various European monarchs, such as Louis XV of France, giving special favor to this exciting genre as it blended particularly well with the high rococo style of the day.
In true Chinoiserie fairyland, Mandarins lived in fanciful, mountainous landscapes with cobweb bridges. They carried flower parasols, lolled in flimsy bamboo pavilions haunted by dragons and phœnixes, while monkeys swung from scrolling borders, always delicately drawn and full of free flowing movement with beautifully balanced composition.
Chinoiserie quickly became the height of fashion, setting the interior design style of Paris, London, Berlin and St Petersburg, finding expression in mediums such as furniture, porcelain, wallpaper and fabric, to name just a few.
While the popularity of Chinoiserie may have peaked around the middle of the eighteenth century, its value as an arresting, interior decorative style has never waned.
For a classic or eclectic interior, fine antique table lamps of Chinoiserie style will quickly “pull the look together”, adding interest and an overall sense of high style. Reliable, decorative lighting specialists such as The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co are able to offer quality antique or vintage lamps or can source particular lighting requirements upon request.
Table Lamp Tips – remember that using a dimmer switch or simply changing the wattage of your bulb will significantly alter the mood of a room.
You are invited to visit their web site at www.antiquelampshop.com
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Have a Singing Birthday Messenger Deliver your Birthday Greetings for you
A birthday can be considered as a source of joy or misery. In general people regard birthdays with eagerness when they are young and these same birthdays are seemingly forgotten as people don’t really want to think about them as they grow older. Regardless of how you feel people insist on celebrating birthdays in a variety of ways. To help with the celebrations there are lots of different items that you can buy like that of birthday greetings.
These birthday greetings can be found in many forms and sizes. You should be able to find these different greetings in the birthday section at your local stationary shop. Some of the birthday greetings will even look like scrolls that can be made of cloth like that of satin or silk.
You may even be able to buy a Chinese birthday scroll that conveys the sentiments that you want to say. In most cases these types of birthday greetings that you can buy are elegant in red satin cloth and gold fringes. To help display these birthday greetings very clearly you may sometimes find polished bamboo poles holding the top and bottom edges of the scroll.
Besides looking at Chinese birthday greeting scrolls for a birthday, there are other types of greetings that you can purchase. These greetings or birthday wishes or even happy birthday cards as we call them, will sometimes have sentimental inscriptions written down.
You can also buy other cards that show the humorous side of life. These cards are a big hit with many people as they often have outrageous sayings. By choosing these types of cards you can let the comedian or comedienne in you loose. To convey how you feel about the person you can also buy birthday greeting that sing your thoughts out aloud.
While these are just the normal pick of birthday greetings that are available for you to choose from there are lots of other greetings that you can give to someone. One such form does not come in the form of a card or even a written message. Instead you can have a singing birthday messenger deliver your birthday greetings for you.
This fun way of letting people know that you have remembered their birthday can send your laughter and joy of life into their life as well. The many different ways and forms that you can enjoy a birthday are clearly shown in the selections that you make with birthday greetings.
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Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on birthday greetings, visit his site at BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
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