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One of a kind rarities will be available through our website beginning this weekend. It is indeed rare when our clients can get immediate gratification when they see a showroom or online item they want, as our lead time is generally 10 – 12 weeks.
We have interesting, unique lighting that was once crafted for our permanent collection, but we no longer create outside of custom orders. After all if we kept multiples of every item we crafted for clients, we’d be a museum of lighting instead of a manufacturer of lighting.
Each of the items you’ll find has a story, including reproductions of items found in prestigious historic museums and preservation societies, with others a craftsperson may have liked the model and created additional fixtures. For the first time, we are offering items that can be seen, purchased and shipped within a week. We’ve got other trunks of chandeliers, sconces and lanterns to view and assess.
Once these items are purchased, they’re gone. It makes me want to pull items out and keep them for myself, but maybe you will get to them first!
December 4, 2009
October 1, 2009
Look for Scofield Lights, October 11th on Extreme Make Over: Home Edition
On Sunday, September 27, the first episode of ABC's Extreme Make Over Home Edition kicked off their fall season with a two hour special set in Wisconsin. This season opens with the "GET ON THE BUS" challenge prompted by President Obama's call for more volunteerism. If you watched last Sunday, or any of the EMHE shows, you've most likely experienced the sensation of choking back tears as you watch the many volunteers selflessly helping one family in need. As mentioned in earlier posts, we at Scofield had the opportunity to be one of those volunteers. We donated all the exterior lighting for the Hill family's new home in Suffield. Their story will air October 11. It was thrilling and surreal to be in the midst of hundreds of volunteers this past summer all working to ready the new home, the original destroyed in a fire. It will be thrilling and surreal to watch the actual episode on television Sunday, October 11. We hope you'll watch and keep an eye out for our copper French Station lanterns gracing the exterior of the home. Since that summer day, just a few months back now, we've learned that the Hill family is happily ensconced in their stunning new home and we feel proud that when they enter the front door our Scofield lights will always greet them. Welcome home Hill Family!
Watch the Hill Family's episode Sunday, October 11.
September 11, 2009
Summer Lecture Series: An Attendee’s Perspective
As Fall begins to cast its influence over NYC, adding briskness to the air and making leaves fall, I am reminded of the regional beauty of the New York landscape that is preserved in Hudson River School style. Over the summer I attended the ICA & CA lecture series featuring the Hudson River School, finding the influence of the natural pervasive in everything from Classical to Contemporary. At Scofield Historic Lighting, we use some of the same values the painters and architects used to compliment the natural charm of the area. Our lighting derives from classical and natural designs, by way of Europe and rooted in Northeastern soil. The lecture series made the progression of historically influenced styles we use in our lighting more transparent and a rational movement to timeless style.
In case you missed these excellent talks, I wanted to share the pearls of wisdom I took away and reflected upon over the course of the summer.
Dr. David Schuyler led the first conversation, cementing the idea of landscape as a Colonial America as a culturally viable icon of America’s continued identity. Through viewing images of the Hudson River, one can only be stunned by the superhuman autonomy of the land and authority of the natural expanses. The lecture featured a slideshow of contemporary photographs alongside original maps, where the medium of land in itself is not in itself Classical but shares the same excellence in proportions and vision.
Dr. Linda Ferber then continued the series by exhibiting the masters of the traditionally understood “Hudson River Style” and showed how Schuyler’s “Sanctified Landscape” was pictured in a manner she termed as “Geography of the Ideal.” In a whirlwind summary, the lecture moved from representation images of nature to the more interpretive. Asher Durand and Albert Bierstadt depicted shifting images of the ideal as society dictated changed ideas of the ideal (during the period they created, Victorian values are evident in the execution).
Dr. Gregory Long spoke next about the role of historic homes as a continuation of the Hudson River School style. Although the Hudson River trajectory of styles is similar to the styles of Northeastern homes but truly complimented the beautiful panoramic we visited in the first lecture. The Gothic Revival and Picturesque gained dominance from British influence exuded during Colonial times, but really fit the drama of the surroundings. The talk also emphasized the importance of the Federal style, although; I almost see this style as a juxtaposition of the setting.
The final talk really impacted me, as my background focuses on contemporary adaptation of classically influenced styles. Architect, Michael Dwyer, spoke of the renovations and projects he was involved with at Edgewater (the majestic Federal-style house with a Doric portico on the Hudson River. The point made clear throughout the talk was in how the building used Classical and European design but was distinctly American. Additionally, Dwyer made a point to say that his restorative work required the same innovation of modern design. The Classical is truly a living, ever breathing phenomena wherein nature at its most elementary level is of influence.
At Scofield Historic Lighting, we have always coveted the ideas of historic design as anything but a static study, rather a breathing, dynamic study and use the setting of the Northeast to inspire our minds and designs. Thank you, ICA & CA for providing a wonderful outlet for the trade to continue learning.
In case you missed these excellent talks, I wanted to share the pearls of wisdom I took away and reflected upon over the course of the summer.
Dr. David Schuyler led the first conversation, cementing the idea of landscape as a Colonial America as a culturally viable icon of America’s continued identity. Through viewing images of the Hudson River, one can only be stunned by the superhuman autonomy of the land and authority of the natural expanses. The lecture featured a slideshow of contemporary photographs alongside original maps, where the medium of land in itself is not in itself Classical but shares the same excellence in proportions and vision.
Dr. Linda Ferber then continued the series by exhibiting the masters of the traditionally understood “Hudson River Style” and showed how Schuyler’s “Sanctified Landscape” was pictured in a manner she termed as “Geography of the Ideal.” In a whirlwind summary, the lecture moved from representation images of nature to the more interpretive. Asher Durand and Albert Bierstadt depicted shifting images of the ideal as society dictated changed ideas of the ideal (during the period they created, Victorian values are evident in the execution).
Dr. Gregory Long spoke next about the role of historic homes as a continuation of the Hudson River School style. Although the Hudson River trajectory of styles is similar to the styles of Northeastern homes but truly complimented the beautiful panoramic we visited in the first lecture. The Gothic Revival and Picturesque gained dominance from British influence exuded during Colonial times, but really fit the drama of the surroundings. The talk also emphasized the importance of the Federal style, although; I almost see this style as a juxtaposition of the setting.
The final talk really impacted me, as my background focuses on contemporary adaptation of classically influenced styles. Architect, Michael Dwyer, spoke of the renovations and projects he was involved with at Edgewater (the majestic Federal-style house with a Doric portico on the Hudson River. The point made clear throughout the talk was in how the building used Classical and European design but was distinctly American. Additionally, Dwyer made a point to say that his restorative work required the same innovation of modern design. The Classical is truly a living, ever breathing phenomena wherein nature at its most elementary level is of influence.
At Scofield Historic Lighting, we have always coveted the ideas of historic design as anything but a static study, rather a breathing, dynamic study and use the setting of the Northeast to inspire our minds and designs. Thank you, ICA & CA for providing a wonderful outlet for the trade to continue learning.
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