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Original BTC
British lighting manufacturer Original BTC launches
new collections for SS16
Established in 1990, Original BTc
quality, detail and mix of materials is
The brand’s first in-hou se
manufactures relaxed, familiar
key: metallic painted, glass or china
manufactured glass collection,
lighting for domestic and contract
shades are paired with polished, satin
globe pendants are free-blown at its
interiors. Hand-assembled in
or chromed bases, offset by matching
Birmingham-based glassworks using
Oxford from the finest aluminium,
cotton braided flex. Functional and
artisanal techniques first developed
chrome and bone china, the
practical, stems can be raised and
in the twelfth century. capturing
essential collection of table, floor,
lowered and shades angled to create
Original BTc’s simple elegance and
wall and pendant lights is instantly
the perfect ambience.
attention to detail, each pendant
comfortable, unassumingly elegant
features a chrome or brass fitting
classic ranges include the iconic bone
with a matching chrome or brass wire
china Hector, available as a table,
suspension and bulb holder, plus
One of the forerunners of industrial
pendant, wall and floor light. launched
trademark braided cable.
style, founder Peter Bowles’ updated
twenty five years ago, the simple yet
classics and original designs are
effective dome-shaped Hector is a
inspired by traditional factory fittings
British design classic.
and accessibly priced.
and iconic 1940s design. Four uK
production facilities – all owned
Further key ranges include the
by Original BTc - are dedicated
industrial styleTitan pendant, available
to constructing the beautifully
in polished aluminium and a range
unprocessed lights.
of powder-coated colours, as well as
the Taskcollection of table, floor, wall
Aluminium shades and bases are
and pendant lights. More recently,
hand-spun from sheet metal in the
the Stanley collection of pendants,
heart of the country’s metal-working
available in brass, nickel, copper and
industry, glass shades are mouth-
black nickel, has become one of the
blown in Birmingham while bone china
brand’s most popular designs. The
shades and ceiling roses are hand-cast
globecollection of mouth-blown glass
in Stoke-on-Trent.
pendants marked a new direction for
Original BTc.
www.originalbtc.com