Edwardian (1901–1910)
A moment of transition: interiors often mixed gas and electric combination fixtures, with gas arms pointing up and new electric bulbs pointing down.
This era also embraced opal and white-glass pendants, the early ancestors of the schoolhouse light, offering a cleaner, softer diffusion of light as electrification spread.
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