Eclectic Electric. We flipped through the new catalog from
Rejuvenation recently and loved the quirkiness of the Drake (left) and Sunset (right) lamps. Both feature a coiling serpant and a midflight-bat that holds the shade and bulb. (The Sunset model has a smaller-sized shade holder). These two lamps are replicas of an 1892 original that was designed to symbolize "the triumph of science and modern medicine over witchcraft"...
Both are customizable with various finishes and glass shades. Pricing starts at $1549. If bats aren't your thing, but you want something historic and unique, check out their Early Eclectic section of lighting.
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Just the perfect accessory for my little subterranean dungeon in the country...
Actually, I was thinking these would work for one of those Mission/Prairie cottages that has been oh-so-seriously preserved with oiled woodwork and authentic color schemes... just the one hanging lamp, maybe in the dining room or foyer, and see how long it takes people to notice.
kinda makes me miss the Cher furniture catalog from the 90's!
"If I could turn back tie-uhm... whoah..." [rolls tongue while flipping hair]
If these were about $1500 cheaper and had a sense of humor about them, maybe they could be allright. As is, they are pretty terrible. I'm actually at a loss, who would ever spend that kind of money for such a thing? For that much money you could buy your very own live bat and hire someone to train it to hold up your lamp from its sinister upside-down ceiling perch.
I saw these years ago in Architectural Artifacts in Chicago (awesome place by the way) - I'm assuming they were the originals though since everything is mega-expensive there. They're horrible but great at the same time. I remember seeing a "sold" tag on them and thinking Ozzie Osbourne probably bought them.
i'm chica de goth and still wouldn't want these in my abode. fugly!
These are beyond bad taste.
Paint them white. Wait...
I like them, except that odd ball that the snake is crawling through, makes me want to dance a tango with Gomez Adams.
I once found myself beside Cher at the High Point Furniture Show and was astonished she is my size. Sonny must have been tiny.
I seriously do find the bit with the flying bat to be quite cute in a campy kinda way. But I just don't get the snake-covered downrod sticking out of its back. I think it would have been much better to have the bat suspended on wires. I think a cluster of these bats (suspended on wires) would make a bangin' chandelier in a gothic dining room or foyer...
You, Apartment Therapy, are fired.
Well, to each his own. Bats were a popular decorative element borrowed from the far East in the Art Nouveau or Arts & Craft era. Bat = fu in Chinese which also means good fortune, if I remember correctly. Anyway they were considered good luck and desirable decorative elements. I have the start of a very nice bat netsuke collection at home. Unfortunately a $1500 bat pendant fixture isn't in the budget and is a bit too batty even for me. I do have my eye on a neato bat vase at Ephraim Faience pottery that really isn't in the budget either. :)