Ready to introduce some color into your environment (never a bad idea), not to mention some "old world" beauty and charm?! Consider installing one of these French hand-blown art glass bowls in a room or three. For a more "modern" look than the antique metalwork pictured immediately below, I can configure these lighting bowls with my famous brushed nickel tubes and canopy combo, as seen on this page. Generally these lighting bowls are 35 centimeters in diameter (about 14 inches) and they hang at a variety of lengths (if an antique canopy/chain combination is employed, chain links can be removed for a shorter hanging, but not added.

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(A) Let's start with this dazzlingly colored bowl -- cobalt and red/orange! With spare but elegant metalwork, all with its dark antique patina. The bowl hangs down 25 inches, but that can be shortened, as links can be taken out of the chain. It's about 14 inches across and has four "special markings" the likes I've never seen, one of which you can see on the right side under the chain. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(A-1) Employing the same hardware, this time we have a Rethondes bowl featuring rich yellows, oranges, blue-purples (at the top, which you can't really discern from this photo). Quite the sunset! Like the one above, it's 13 3/4 in diameter, in perfect condition. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(A-1) This bowl's unsigned, but in the style of Muller, Schneider, Degué (and others -- they were all the rage in 1915), with deep, vibrant shades of orange, red, blue and yellow. It's 35cm across, about 13 1/2 inches, and hangs down 19 inches as shown. It's the same bowl you see in (C), below.

Alas, STOLEN from my storage facility -- please call me if you see it -- 415 518 2123.

(A-2) Nothing less than fabulous, obviously!

Alas, STOLEN from my storage facility -- please call me if you see it -- 415 518 2123.

(B) And while we're referencing Muller, we'll mention this (unusually) petite, 12-inch diameter, signed beauty -- with its gorgeous pinks, light browns, purples and yellows and gray and white. In France, they proudly intone: "Ah, c'est Muller!" As shown, with my custom-configured brushed nickel-plated hardware, hanging about 15 inches long (can be lengthened). (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(B-1) If by chance you're prefer an antique mounting, here's one that won't disappoint you! The same rich colors in this rare, small bowl, just a fab canopy and chain, all brass, all vintage. And get a load of those "rosettes" holding the bowl to the chain! As shown here, there's an 18-inch drop to this light. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(C) Certainly the cordelier is one very elegant way to hang this gorgeous bowl.

Two "rights" make a SOLD!!

(D) Another sterling example of a sunset-inspired French art glass bowl, this one unsigned but, again, in the manner of Muller, Degué, Noverdy, etc. It's about 13 3/4 inches across, the basic standard, and hangs down 20 inches as shown (chain can be removed but not added). Can you imagine this at night, dialed down and glowing like a distant planet, in your home!?

SOLD!!

(E) Here's another "tour de force" from Decorum! This time it's a Rethondes bowl, 13 3/4" across, with hazy purples above a mottled white. Isn't the nickel-plated, ornate antique hardware just the ultimate? (Say "Yes, Jack"). It's hanging around 25 inches as shown, but links can be removed for a shorter drop. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(F) This "end of day" glass bowl really "pops" when lit, and the brighter the bulb the better! The myth of "end of day" glass holds that all the glass that wasn't used during the day was thrown into a vat (you know when) and ... voila! The colors of this particular bowl are especially vibrant; the dark spots (you can't tell from the photo) are little jewels of cobalt blue! This fixture provides another fine example of my custom mounting hardware -- brushed nickel squared tubing with a likewise brushed nickel-plated bronze canopy. The bowl measures about 14 inches across and as shown hangs about 17 down. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(G) Another "end-of-day" glass inspired hanging bowl, this one with a huge splash of cobalt glass on its bottom. As shown, with my custom hardware, it hangs about 18 inches long; the bowl's about 14 across. A bold statement, it will inspire lots of oohs and ahhs! (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(H) Offering another, this time unsigned bowl -- also French and with a gauzy purple border around the top, above a field of mottled antique white. This one's also 13 3/4 across the top. Shown here with my custom nickel-plated hardware and hexagonal canopy. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)