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New Haven, CT - Fabrication has begun on 10 massive indoor Arts and Crafts lanterns. These were designed in the same style of the previously reported outdoor lantern, but from brass with an antique copper finish. Four smaller units will be 2' tall and the other six units will be an impressive 3' tall. The fixtures will be wall mounted inside a large room that is wired with a very sophisticated color kinetics lighting system.

New Haven, CT - After coming across a picture of some custom library lighting fixtures that Grand Light had fabricated for Yale University, an alumni of Yale requested that similar fixtures be fabricated for his home.

The frames of ten hand forged iron lanterns and two wall mounted fixtures for a private residence in Connecticut are now nearly complete and will soon be wired and prepared for shipment.

New Haven, CT - Grand Light was asked to design and fabricate four hand-crafted custom library light fixtures for a private residence in Potomac, Maryland. The fixtures were to be installed on custom bookshelves which curved in each corner of the room.

Red Hill, NJ - Four custom designed chandeliers have been completed and installed at the Tower Hill First Presbyterian Church in Red Hill, New Jersey.

New Haven, CT - The frames of four custom chandeliers being fabricated for the Tower Hill First Presbyterian Church in Red Hill, New Jersey are now complete and will soon be given an antique brass finish.

Grand Light's restoration artisans were recently approached by a private residence to modify and restore four vintage outdoor lanterns.

Grand Light recently slumped eight glass bowls for the historic Paola Community Center building in Paola, Kansas.

The building, built in 1918, originally served as the Ursuline Sisters Academy Boarding School.  It was recently given to the community by the Ursuline Sisters, and renovated for use as a community center.  Today, the building serves as an arts showcase for Paola and Miami County's diverse communities, offering multicultural arts and education programming.

Having seen a beautiful chandelier while traveling in Europe, a New Jersey resident called Grand Light to see if could have one custom-made for his own home.

The fabrication of six custom designed candle lanterns has been completed.  The raw lanterns were constructed using 24 gauge copper, and will soon be given an oil-rubbed bronze finish.  They will rest on top of custom designed tables, which very between 12" and 24" in length.

Grand Light was recently contacted by a client who wanted to replicate a chandelier that he had seen in Europe. Using a picture he had provided as inspiration, Grand Light's artisans sketched out their interpretation of what the new chandelier will look like.

Please have a look below to see the photo of the original chandelier, along with our shop drawings which will serve as a blueprint for production of the replication.

The prototypes of the custom candle lantern and matching base have been given a hand applied oil-rubbed bronze finish. The prototypes were constructed using 24 gauge copper, and are currently being shipped to the client.  Production will resume following Thanksgiving on the remaining five lanterns and four tables.

The fabrication of a custom designed candle lantern and matching pedestal has been completed.  The raw prototypes were constructed using 24 gauge copper, and are scheduled to be given a bronze finish this coming Monday.

Grand Light's restoration team recently completed the restoration of ten gothic-style chandeliers for the auditorium of the Washington Irving Intermediate School, located in Tarrytown, New York.

As part of a massive renovation of Washington Irving Intermediate School in Tarrytown, NY., Grand Light has been called in to restore a series of ten chandeliers and to design and fabricate ten custom exit signs for the schools' auditorium. 

New Haven, Conn., July 18th, 2008 -- Grand Light, a Connecticut based lighting and design company, has launched a brand new client-focused website in response to increasing inquiries regarding their lighting restoration services.  

Grand Light's restoration team travel to Orford, New Hampshire to install the antique Gothic style chandelier that had spent the past several weeks in the New Haven, Conn. workshop undergoing a complete restoration. 

The New Haven-based lighting restorer and designer had its custom outdoor wall bracket fixtures installed at Yale University's Silliman College.

New Haven, Conn., September, 2007 -- Yale University installed its newest outdoor wall lanterns, designed by Grand Light, at Silliman College on Grove Street.

The four lanterns, made of hand-crafted iron with a classic black finish, are the latest fixtures made for the university by the New Haven-based lighting specialists. They were designed to match the state of the existing corner bracket lanterns restored by Grand Light during the summer.