Presented by Barn House Lighting
Colonial Period Tin Lighting
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| Colonial Period Tin Lighting |
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| At Irvin's Country Tinware , Their lighting Fixtures reflect the integrity of Early American Craftsmenship. Made by hand in the USA, each piece is constructed indivitually to recreate the special aura and warmth of a bygone day. | ||||||||||||||||
| The tinsmith learned his trade, like many other artisans, by serving an apprenticeship of 4 to 6 years with a master tinsmith. He learned first to make cake stamps (cookie cutters), pill boxes and other simple items. Next, he formed objects such as milk pails, basins, cake and pie pans. Later he tackled more complicated pieces such as chandeliers and crooked-spout coffee pots. Often they used their creativity with punched tin, designs were punched into the tin lighting and sheet goods. After his apprenticeship was completed, he then became a journeyman, not yet being a master | ||||||||||||||||
| Tinsmith employing others. Many young tinsmiths took to the road as peddlers or tinkers in an effort to save enough money to open a shop in town. You don't have to wait for a tinker to bring tin lighting to your town. The tin chandeliers, pendants and sconces are made bt masters and they are UL Listed! | ||||||||||||||||
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| Many of the Tin Lighting Fixtures are made using tools that date back 100 years or more. Skilled tinsmiths carfully mold and solder each item together individually | ||||||||||||||||
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