Style Guide: Historic Revivals
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble."
Historic Revivals
Style Qualities:
Classical, Substantial, Historical, Architectural, Idealistic
Formal Elegance
Inspired by Antiquity
The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago introduced many things to the American public, including Cracker Jack candy, hamburgers, and the Ferris wheel — but perhaps its most lasting influence, literally, was on architecture.
Constructed almost entirely in the Classical Revival (or Beaux Arts) style, the "White City" signaled the end of colorful and exotic buildings. Within just a few years the artful, picturesque, asymmetrical designs of the Victorian era were being replaced by columns, capitals, coffers, and pediments inspired by Greek and Roman architecture.
Our Historic Revivals collection offers elegant fixtures distinguished by subtle Classical motifs and a somewhat larger scale. Popular from around 1910 into the early '30s, they graced residential living and dining rooms as well as traditional commercial and institutional settings, lending a touch of class and formality to both.