Timeless
Designs Lighting offers a large selection of
Metal Chandeliers, Sconces and Pendants
for homes that are designed for today and yesterday.
into
molten tin. When you see rust on a piece of tin ware it is because the tinplate
has worn away or a cut in the metal has exposed the iron (which has rusted).
Timless Design Lighting creates an
aged finish
that closely resembles the patina of tin
ware found in museums that display the original Colonial lighting.
Timeless
Design Lighting's aged finishes can come in a medium or
dark patina. Hooks are optional on all of the Metal Chandeliers
and Hanging Pendants from Timeless Design Lighting.
Timeless
Design Lighting
Since
the early 1700's tinsmiths have been working their trade in America. At first
colonial tin products were made of imported tinplate. England banned the
production
of tinplate in the colonies, with the British Iron Act of 1750, thus restricting
the
amount of goods the colonists could produce. When tinplate was finally produced
in
America in the early 1800's the products of the tinsmith became more widely
available. Colonial tinsmiths used tinplate, wire, solder, and a few simple
tools to
produce their wares. In time many ingenious hand powered machines
were
developed which sped up production and helped the tinsmith meet the demands
for
his products. Tinplate is thin a sheet of iron that has been dipped several
times
