I bought a pair of antique circa 1890 ceiling lighting fixtures for a hall. I have not yet installed them.
Today I find this picture with a pair just like mine:
Don.
Probably, it's an aesthetic decision. One thing that I can tell you for sure -- from a lighting standpoint, orientation makes no difference.
Tomsic
I think the answer is it depends. In the pic at the NY Times they look good going across the hallway. However if the hallway was narrow relative to the fixture, then orienting them going with the hallway would probably look better. Just hang one temporarily and see what works for you.
Maybe it's supposed to make you feel like that narrow hallway is wider.
While you may be thinking of better light distribution having them run with the hall, the fixtures are better viewed as shown. I doubt it will make much of a difference in the brightness of the hallway.
Don Wiss wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I can never remember the name. In Dutch they are called the equivalent of "little socks".
That's what I thought.
"Orient" is no longer considered acceptable use. You should be using "Asian".
Don Wiss wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
The orientation shown is ideal for cfl lights. The electronics stays wuch cooler.
GENERALLY, you would have seen them 90 degrees from the shown installation, but either is "correct"
And how, pray tell, will turning the fixture NINETY DEGREES Change that in any way? NINETY DEGREES would put them in-line down the hall instead of 2 abreast.
Actually my hall is different from what is pictured. My hall is a hallway that surrounds a side stairs (the way they did rowhouses back then). There is a door on the side of the hall at each end. By orienting mine parallel with the hall, the sides will be seen as one is turning at the end of the stairs (especially on the way down), and when exiting those two side rooms.
To me the way it was done in the picture is odd.
I had not unwrapped mine. To be transported home (via car service, hotel storage, bus seat, taxi) they had been all wrapped in bubble wrap. I decided to unwrap and post a picture. I found that the very, very flimsy shade-holders they put on got mangled. Checking my other 1890 gas fixture I found much sturdier holders had been put on (and have brass lips under the cardboard sleeves). Here one is:
In the photo showing the fixtures 'crossways' in the very, very narrow hallway:
It looked like the lighting was oriented [oops] to show the fixtures, visually 'widen' the hallway, AND very effectively throw light down onto the pictures hanging along the hallway's picture gallery. All in all, the best orientation for that claustrophobic hallway.
Just looked at the jpg, a bit wonky on the right? But all in all, where is the best place to get architectural accents?
Wonky or not, the quality of the shade holders is unacceptable. I'll need to get new ones and have the fixture rewired. Are there some tricks to getting the wire stuffed through the piping?
There are architectural salvage places all over. I hunted the web and made a list of them for reference. These fixtures were purchased in DC at The Brass Knob. I had previously bought some antique brass door hardware from them and while on a visit to DC I wanted to stop in and say hi. They had these fixtures and I bought them.
I'll send you my list.
Don.
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