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Period Lighting Fixrures, St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury, CT.  These lighting fixtures were originally gas. Sometime in the mid twentieth century, they were converted to electricity. No other work was done to them since the conversion.
Our task, remove the fixtures to the factory, up-date all electrical components, and refinish metal components
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Period Lighting Fixtures, St. John's Church, West Hartford, CT.  St. John's church in West Hartford, CT was established in 1841. After a fire in 1992, in which much of the church was damaged, the decision was made to rebuild and restore the Church, as close as possible to the original design. This included repairing and restoring the period lighting fixtures outside the church, to their pre-fire condition.
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Light Fixtures at St. James Episcopal Church New London, CT.
St.James Episcopal Church, New London, Connecticut is an historic parish dating from 1725. It has the distinction of having been the parish of Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury, The First Episcopal Bishop in The United States. The fixture, consecrated in 1850, is the third church building and provides a magnificent resting place for the remains of the Bishop. We were engaged to repair and restore 14 magnificent 4' tall lighting structures. |
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Chandeliers at East Mount Zion Baptist Church, Ohio  East Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio came to us with one large (56" x 30") and three small (36" x 24") chandeliers. The restoration work included complete relamping, rewinging, refinishing and replacement of the glass panels. We discovered after sandblasting that many metal components were corroded and needed to be replaced.
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Art Deco Ceiling Piece, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium  These massive Art Deco ceiling pieces are 6 1/2' long and 15" wide at the center. Each set of glass rods are of a different diameter and length opening in the center allowing access from below. Originally there were six units; however, only three survived. The challenge for us, restore the three to their original splendor and make three new units to match!
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Six Foot Diameter, Round Ceiling Units, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium  These six ceiling units were, approximately 6' in diameter with flat glass on the bottom and 5" long, 1" diameter glass rods on the sides. The units had been renovated many years ago to convert them from incandescent lamping to T-12 fluorescent. Over the years, the glass has become broken and not replaced, the units were dirty and the fixtures had paint on them from sloppy maintenance.
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Outdoor Wall Sconces at Entries, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium  These Art Deco sconces were at the entrance to the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium. Many years ago, these were removed and replaced with "modern" fixtures were installed. Unfortunately the replacement fixtures were inadequate for the task and they fell into disrepair. As refurbishing funds became available, the original fixtures were remembered. Our challenge was to return the "units" to their original servicable condition.
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Direction Signs, Kansas City Municipal Auditorium  These directory signs were so overpainted and filthy that we were not sure what the finish was supposed to be! Almost every piece of glass was broken. Our challenge was to restore six of them to their original condition.
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