All fixtures have a history and a backstory. Many of ours just happen to have both. When it comes to provenance, many of our fixtures trace their roots back much further than their conception or born-on date. Rather, they harken to bygone eras and aesthetic direction from the design world at large—and this is especially true of architecture. From the slant of a porch roof to the construction of Versailles, these six fixtures carry trace elements of the physical structures that inspired them.