Vintage Lamp Showroom - 304 Royal Street
Skill combines with exquisite craftsmanship at their Museum & Workshop at 316 Royal St ., where you can see the men and women who make the ongoing phenomenon a reality for the world as they create masterpieces of lighting before your eyes . It ’ s like watching jewelry makers make a gem for the home . With entrances from Royal Street and Exchange Alley , the romantic interior corridor transports guests back to old New Orleans and treats them to a slice of our city that few people get to taste .
Bringing tomorrow ’ s antiques to the world today , and satisfying my candy cravings , Bevolo opened a midcentury modern retail space at 304 Royal St ., complete with lamps and other home lighting and decorative glass . Populated by imports representing some pretty fancy companies , the space breathes creativity with glass works from Murano and Blenko Glass Company .
One step into these four walls will have you feasting on eye candy . You ’ re enveloped in colors like in a dream . The designs harken back to mid-century
www . FrenchQuarterly . com modern trends , but takes a 2022 approach that gives them a place and time all their own . Doubletier lampshades sit proudly like tiaras on the bodies of lamps that can be very easily compared to sculpture . Their colors warp you back to your childhood . Their whimsical shapes the make you feel young and inspired all over again . Handmade reproductions of vibrant fiberglass lampshades are sure to live with families for generations to come .
No other city could host the talents of this multilocation company as fancily as New Orleans . Our urban landscape was emblazoned with gas lamps long before many of our major cities , save for Baltimore and Philadelphia . Today , Bevolo ’ s lamps and lighting designs are built to burn twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week , and highlight many of the city ’ s most notable and iconic homes .
A company that sets the standard for quality and style , a team that brings the latest global trends in lighting to Royal Street , and a space that make me feel like a Cajun in a candy shop . What could be better ? Nothing : that ’ s what !
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