It is a metal that is to some extent interchangeable with copper in a room scheme but, as a general guideline, they shouldn’t be combined as they don’t tend to work well with each other.
Brass is beautiful, warm and conveys instant class. It’s also very versatile – you can go for a table lamp like the Trafalgar (above) which looks like an antique you inherited from your aristocratic great-uncle, or you can have something with a bronze or silver finish that looks much more contemporary.
Metallics have been in vogue since the millennium when they began to embody, literally, all that was shiny and new. The trend started in fashion with silvers and golds but it quickly spread into the world of interiors to where brass and copper were the more logical metals of choice.
Brass can work well in the period setting of a Victorian or Edwardian room and looks brilliant in a Mid-Century or Modernist setting, as well in rooms as with a Seventies look
Brass lighting had first become popular back in the Victorian era but became really important in Edwardian times. Brass pendant lighting was used when hard-wearing durability was called for, in workshops and factories.
Its smart look made it a popular material on ships and in nautical settings generally while high quality lampshadeswere popular in smart offices, studies, libraries and gentlemen’s clubs.
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