I have always been a fan of Niermann Weeks’ lighting, beautifully rendered and scaled perfectly, one of their original designs from 1998, the Italian Chandelier, is still as elegant and understated as ever. I know that the creative director Joe Niermann has always gotten his inspiration in the most authentic ways—the idea for this one came from a visit to an ancient monastery whose dim hallways were lit by a bell shaped sconce. He adapted the simple shape and added a swag of crystals, like “a woman in a black dress wearing a single strand of pearls.” The new Palissy Lantern was conceived while antiquing in France. It has a traditional French shape with projecting arms and arched top, but has a decidedly modern look created by a glass curtain made of delicate glass tubes that are silverplated on the inside. This could really kick up a modern dining room, couldn’t it? It’s available for $5300 retail at the Edward Ferrell-Lewis Mittman showroom in the Dallas Design Center.
