Schonbek crystal chandeliers and chandeliers made in Canada @ Squitti's A Beautiful Difference ®

Schonbek Crystal Chandeliers

THE FOUNDERS OF SQUITTI'"S
Marianne Bertucci Rosso 1919-2000 born in Simbario Calabria Italy.
Arthur Natale Carollo Squitti 1915-1976 born in Port Arthur, now Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada.

Distributing World Famous Schonbek Crystal Chandeliers !

" Beautiful Lighting for Beautiful People ! " ©


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Pricing on the Schonbek line of chandeliers is available to our American Cousins only by dropping into our showroom at the corner of Bay and Secord Street across from the world famous HOITO Restaurant, in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada, located along the US/Canadian Border, near the 49th parallel, just North East of Minneapolis and Duluth Minnesota, an hour and half drive North East from the beautiful small fishing village of Grand Marais Minnesota.

Canadian customers may call us at 1-807-345-0461.

Crystal Chandeliers for export to the world !

A Quality line of Crystal chandeliers for export to the United States and the World !

Congratulations !

You are about to embark on the purchase of a beautifully inspired and created work of Art inspired by the life of Arnold Schonbek.

Celebrating the Life of Arnold Schonbek 1915 - 1999

Arnold Schonbek was born in Austria+Hungary on September 6, 1915, the son of Arthur Schonbek and Maria Prenalek+Schonbek. He passed away on November 26, 1999 at the age of 84. He was a man of striking gentleness and great intellectual curiosity and remarkable characteristics considering the many difficulties he faced in life.

Arnold Schonbek was a seventeen - year - old student when his father had a stroke. He interrupted his education and took over the family business. The company had been founded by his grandfather in 1870 and at this point all the family's savings were invested in the business.

It was the height of the Great Depression. Young Arnold, who must have seemed a mere child to his employees, took the necessary steps to save the business from near bankruptcy. The logical mind, personal determination and creative ability to solve problems that were to carry him through a long life of challenges were already evident in the teenage Arnold Schonbek.

With the business stabilized, he served two years in the Czech Calvary. He learned to fight with a saber on horseback. All his life Arnold was to maintain a high level of physical fitness.

Perhaps the most revealing part about this man, was during the Second World War he had checked into a hotel, and the only book which the hotel keeper could lend him was a biography of Czar Ivan the Terrible. It was about the worst literature that a panic stricken person such as Arnold could put his hands on.

"It was past midnight when I became so petrified that I put the book away and found a Bible in my night table. When reading the Holy Writ, I suddenly found myself almost miraculously in the presence of the Divine. The Lord seemed to assure me that I would survive the ordeal that was to come, and with this assurance, I fell asleep for a couple of hours to awake refreshed in the morning and with confidence that I could handle affairs as they would unfold."

After World War II, Arnold Schonbek was appointed representative for the Czech glass industry to the Minister of Commerce. In this capacity he spoke out forcefully on political issues, defending freedom and capitalism during the Communist takeover.

With a thriving company of over 1,000 employees exporting worldwide, he knew that his days of doing business under Communism were numbered.

He went to Canada as his five Czech factories were being nationalized. He built his first chandelier by hand in a rented basement and a new industry was born on this continent.

As Schonbek's US customer base grew, he started over once more in the United States, moving the heart of his operation to Plattsburgh, New York.

Arnold Schonbek's particular genius was to bring alive the past using modern materials. He was always quick to invent something new to realize his ideas, and as a result of his work and the tradition of his innovation he inspired, the Schonbek company holds an unusual number of design and technical patents.

Over his lifetime, Arnold Schonbek's many innovations changed the way crystal chandeliers were made around the world.

His life and work will continue to beautifully light up this world...

SCHONBEK CHANDELIERS ARE MADE IN CANADA & THE USA WITH CRYSTAL FROM EUROPE

Schonbek Crystal Chandeliers Shown on this site

The Schonbek line of chandeliers if offered in Canada only !

Bordeaux - Camelot - Colonade - Color for Sheer - Contessa - Dorchester - Equinoxe - Fairfax - Festival - La Scala - Olde World - Renaissance - Rivendell - Roman Empire - Romanoff - Sterling - Excelsior - Petit Crystal Deluxe - Solitaire - Trilliane -Traditional - Victoria - Versailles - Vivaldi - Large Entry - Lamps - Types of Finishes

Other series available

* Historical Crystal - Bordeaux, Early American, Versailles, Vivaldi, Windsor

Empire - Rialto, Excelsior

* All Crystal Chandeliers - Arlington, Hamilton, Regency

* Grand Tradition - Century, Chantilly, La Belle, Madison, New Orleans, Ovation, Rhapsody, Solitaire, Scintilla

* Contemporary - Baronet, Jubilee

PLEASE NOTE THAT A COMMEMORATIVE BRASS PLATE WITH THE ENGRAVED PICTURE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SCHONBEK & SQUITTI'S WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH THE INSCRIPTION

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