When it comes to illuminating a space, nothing says luxury quite like a chandelier. It’s the lighting option of choice for palace ballrooms and mansions – why not your home as well? Since chandeliers are often associated with upscale establishments, though, most tend to shy away from buying one for fear of high prices and looking over-the-top. These days, chandeliers.
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Anker & Co represents well-known lighting manufacturers such as XAL, Wever & Ducré, EWO, Wästb.
Hometown: Nice, France.
Describe what you make: I design objects, furniture, scenography, and interiors. Opéra Collection for Barovier&Toso
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The most important thing you’ve designed to date: It’s impossible to make a selection because each project is important and has a story.
It could be the fruitful result of a years-long relationship with a manufacturer like Ligne Roset, or a unique discovery while working with independent craftspeople in Japan or Corning. It could be the change in the scale of my projects when I began working in scenography for the car manufacturer Lexus, or the joy of creating pieces with a unique savoir-faire, such as a collection of intimate furniture for Hermès.
Courtesy of Barovier&Toso
Few brands that are still in existence today can date themselves back before the Italian Renaissance, but Murano, Italy-based lighting company, Barovier&Toso, is one such brand. Founded in 1295 by the Barovier family, the company leaves a legacy as storied and prestigious as its 700-year-history.
The original company, as founded by the Baroviers, cemented itself in the early 15th century when the Italian Renaissance was in full-swing. Angelo Barovier, known as The Elder, was a true Renaissance man and channeled his passion for art and science into revolutionary and beautiful new glassmaking techniques. One of his crowning achievements was the development of cristallino, or clear, glass, which was such a pure and transparent glass that the he was granted an exclusive patent by the Republic of Venice. His fame in the glass industry was akin to Michelangelo s or Leonardo Da Vinci s in the realms of sculpture and painting.