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Per the datasheet, it is a Chinese made lamp. I'd have more of an issue paying that much money for anything Chinese made. I'd suggest you keep looking. Estate sales are a great place to find lamps and usually cheap. Estate sales are a fun function, try it sometime.
I think you have two pieces that you like but which are basically at war with each other. If you adore the Tiffany style lamp, then put it elsewhere. I do think you can mix finishes, although I would prefer to have most them alike. However, in most homes built before, say, 2005, the handles on the doors are brass, the bath and kitchen fixtures are something else, and the lights might be something else yet again.
For the OP, I think it best to use silver finishes for the lighting in this space. I also think you can get away with other metals for other things. But also, for continuity, use pieces that seem at home with the more modern feeling of your chandelier.
As to the Chinese imitation Tiffany style pieces, I have one. It is a rather amazing chandelier hanging in my dining area. When DH and I saw it, we both felt it was right for the space, and we couldn't find another piece we liked better. I looks really good, even though I don't have another piece like it anywhere else. Yes, it is faux, but it looks great. Generalizations are almost always not accurate.
I think you have two pieces that you like but which are basically at war with each other. If you adore the Tiffany style lamp, then put it elsewhere. I do think you can mix finishes, although I would prefer to have most them alike. However, in most homes built before, say, 2005, the handles on the doors are brass, the bath and kitchen fixtures are something else, and the lights might be something else yet again.
For the OP, I think it best to use silver finishes for the lighting in this space. I also think you can get away with other metals for other things. But also, for continuity, use pieces that seem at home with the more modern feeling of your chandelier.
As to the Chinese imitation Tiffany style pieces, I have one. It is a rather amazing chandelier hanging in my dining area. When DH and I saw it, we both felt it was right for the space, and we couldn't find another piece we liked better. I looks really good, even though I don't have another piece like it anywhere else. Yes, it is faux, but it looks great. Generalizations are almost always not accurate.
Why not buy the lamp and spray paint it a silver/nickel color? Or see if you can find another floor lamp in nickel, and put the Tiffany shade from this lamp onto the nickel one?
I don't watch much HGTV any more, but they used to always be spray painting brass chandeliers and fireplace screens.
I think you have two pieces that you like but which are basically at war with each other. If you adore the Tiffany style lamp, then put it elsewhere. I do think you can mix finishes, although I would prefer to have most them alike.
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Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr
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But for a Chinese reproduction, I'd fall OUT OF LOVE with it- and find something that will be more "coordinating" with the other fixtures.
In interior design there is unity, harmony and variety. I agree that the two lamps in the open
floor plan might be fighting each other but maybe she can make them work.
OP, maybe you might want to look at these two links from Lamps Plus for more
options, solutions or choices.
I say just buy it and put it in your living room. I don't think it will look strange. I wouldn't worry about mixing metals too much -- it's not like you have brass thrown in there. These are both a shade of gray.
I once heard that everything you love will go together just fine. Don't worry about being matchy-matchy.
In short, if you love it, buy it. It will make you happy to look at it every day in your home. If you love both the chandelier in your DR and the lamp in your living room, then you are all set. If, for some reason, you later on decide you don't love the chandelier in your dining room, for whatever reason, then change it later on.
Focus on buying stuff you love. If you love this lamp, go for it.
And while, yes, I worry about some stuff that is made in China, not all stuff that is made in China is crap. Some of it is actually high quality stuff, and it just happens to be cheaper because the labor and other costs are cheaper. If you have a manufacturer that actually cares about quality, they will have high quality even for their stuff made in China. The problem is if you have a manufacturer that doesn't care about quality, it's way easier to have crappy stuff, and China gives it in spades because all the costs are cheaper. So, while Made in China gives me some pause, and I take an extra look at it, it isn't an automatic rejection for quality. Look at the reviews. It might suit your needs perfectly.
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