The first palace of the Russian Sovereigns, the Winter Palace on the banks of the Neva in St. Petersburg, was the seat of power of the Romanovs until the Revolution.  In the nineteenth century, its fabled chandeliers and sconces dominated every room.  They were Russian designs by renowned architect-designers like Stasov and Zakharov, and the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna was fascinated by artistic lighting forms.  In the glass-enclosed winter gardens, designed to create the illusion of summer in the midst of glacial winters, there were chandeliers and sconces of antiqued silver.

Fine Art Lamps’ exquisite new lighting designs have fine, icicle-like lead crystals and a rich silver leaf finish that recall the elegance and originality of the Winter Palace until the final days of the Romanov dynasty.