Nouveau Collection - Modern Heritage
Residential | April 2022

Nouveau Collection - Modern Heritage

To celebrate the launch of our new website we have reinvigorated the Nouveau collection, with a colourful range of pendants and wall lights for Spring 2022. A collection of luminaires with a sculpt...

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Inspiration-Spindle Pendant making-Rothschild & Bickers
Behind the scenes | March 2022

Forming on a lathe - making a Spindle Pendant

The Spindle pendants are one of our most popular designs, a modern twist on Victorian decorative lighting. As the name suggests the design is based on turned wooden spindles, a feature used in near...

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Handblown coloured glass pendant lighting hanging over a sofa with warm botanical print fabric cushions
Residential | March 2022

Floral prints and natural forms

We were delighted to see our Lantern Lights featured in a photoshoot by Prestigious Textiles for their new English Garden Collection. This elongated and sinuous shade takes inspiration from natural...

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Glass blowing in front of glory hole in Rothschild & Bickers hot workshop
Behind the scenes | November 2021

Spinning out glass - making a vintage light

When we are making larger more open designs such as our Vintage Light, the raw heat of the glory hole and the centrifugal action of the iron spinning blend to form the glass shade. The video below ...

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Glass blowing at Rothschild & Bickers hot workshop making mineral pendant lights
Behind the scenes | October 2021

Marbling glass - making Mineral Pendants

The liquid nature of glass makes it the ideal material to recreate delicate veins and intricate patterns, the properties that make precious stones such as Marble and Malachite so desirable. Layers ...

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Opulent Optic Pendant Lights by Rothschild & Bickers hanging over sofa, fabrics by Prestigious Textiles
Residential | September 2021

Balancing opulence with simple colour

Our Opulent Optic pendant was designed perfectly to sit in a luxurious period interior. The design is inspired by 18th Century Chinoiserie, combining an oriental glass form with decorative fabric t...

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Standard Pop Light in ruby pink glass by Rothschild & Bickers hanging in the Pink House hallway by Emily Murray
Residential | August 2021

Pink House Living - More than an accent colour

Emily Murray is the style icon behind @pinkhouseliving instagram phenomenon, showcasing her unique take on a traditional Edwardian terrace house. She has renovated her home in candyfloss tones with...

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Glass blowing in Rothschild & Bickers hot workshop making organic clear glass pendant light
Behind the scenes | May 2021

Organic forms - making a liquid light

Glass is gathered out of the furnace at 1100 c onto a blowing iron. This soft material is then blown and shaped using tools and calipers. Due to the centrifugal motion of the blowing irons the easi...

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