A Stylistic Melting Pot

Era: 1895 - 1940

Related Styles: Arts & Crafts, Mission, Transitional Mission, Craftsman

An amalgam of ancient British styles, what we call Old English/Tudor lighting includes touches of Medieval, Elizabethan, Gothic, Jacobean, and Tudor styles.

What they all share is a sturdy and rustic appearance that often features hammered textures, candles and lanterns, heavy chain, and warm color tones.

Over this style's long period of popularity, interpretations varied from academically strict to romantically eclectic, and from large and imposing to smaller and more picturesque - often blending into Craftsman or Arts & Crafts realms, as well as Spanish Mediterranean and French Gothic.