Lighting for Historic Buildings: A Guide to Selecting Reproductions

1988 Preservation Press trade paperback, 2nd printing. Roger W. Moss (Historic Houses of Philadelphia : A Tour of the Region's Museum Homes). How to Light a historic interior appropriately--or create a realistic period look--can be a perplexing problem. Few people want to return to the days when light came mainly from candles, kerosene, gas or available sunlight. But acceptable ways of re-creating old lighting do exist, and Lighting for Historic Buildings shows how to find them. This invaluable guide provides both a history of lighting in America and a catalog of 481 suitable reproductions available today.