Allied Maker lighting designs are marked by the craft tradition — each elegant pendant, sconce and ceiling light is designed by Allied founder Ryden Rizzo. The parts are made by hand in the company's studio on the North Shore of Long Island, and Allied then partners with local makers to bring their offerings to market.
Allied Maker was established in 2012 as an independent study project while Rizzo was attending the Parsons School of Design. Working out of his parents’ garage on Long Island, Rizzo created cutlery, kitchen utensils and lighting fixtures. In a way, he was following in the footsteps of his father — a jewelry designer — and sought to build things with his hands.
Rizzo taught himself metalworking and woodworking, and began to create furnishings and post them to his project’s website. When a lighting fixture he’d crafted in brass became popular online, it quickly became apparent that Rizzo could open a design and manufacturing studio.
"The freedom to be able to iterate and come up with new ideas has always been at the heart of it, and that’s why Allied Maker has become so successful," Rizzo told Business of Home.
Allied’s inaugural design client was Dorothee Meilichzon of Chzon Agency, a successful French firm that specializes in hospitality properties, and the studio had its first showing at New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair in 2015. Rizzo's wife Lanette eventually came on board as the creative director.
In 2018, Allied introduced a new lighting collection characterized by sharply geometric designs. The line, which is emblematic of the studio’s focus on quality materials and superior craftsmanship, includes four versatile fixtures — the Grand Aperture 4, Tri Cone, Contour Wall Lamp 22 and Concentric 15. There are handmade glass globe diffusers, an integration of domestic hardwoods such as walnut and white oak, and bodies of bent metal. Allied launched the collection at what was then the Architectural Digest Design Show. Also in 2018, in collaboration with architect Marshall Shuster, the company opened its first showroom in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood.
Today Allied Maker’s clients include high-end New York City restaurants, and the studio’s quietly sophisticated fixtures can even be found in Gwyneth Paltrow's home in Montecito, California.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Allied Maker lighting and decorative objects.
$1,800 / item
Perforated Arc 14"
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
This hand-spun 14" perforated dome is meticulously brushed and waxed to desired finish. The hand blown glass provides pleasant surface diffusion while also complimenting the light's ...
Brass
$900 / item
Flush Dome 08"
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
This hand-spun 8" dome is meticulously brushed and waxed to a matte satin finish. The hand blown glass provides pleasant surface diffusion while also complimenting the light's overal...
Brass
$1,700 / item
Drum Downlight
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
Flush mounted wood cylinder with slits that emits a soft glow.
Brass
$8,350 / item
Aperture 4
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
The Aperture series was created to provide a beautiful quality of light by combining bounce and ambient glow. The light source is held in a hand-spun perforated brass dome on one sid...
Brass
$2,470 / item
Tri Cone
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
The tri cone pendant echoes it’s form in 3 geometric elements. A tetrahedron structure suspends a glass disc under a cone shade that houses a focused spot-lig...
Brass
$4,700 / item
Rein Pendant 20"
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
Leather straps pass through slots that are hand carved into this spun-metal dome. The straps provide structural suspension while also allowing electrical cables to pass through – ill...
Brass
$2,100 / item
Aperture Sconce
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
The Aperture series was created to provide a beautiful quality of light by combining bounce and ambient glow. The light source is held in a hand-spun perforated brass dome on one sid...
Brass
$1,200 / item
Flush Dome 10" Perforated
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
This hand-spun 10" dome is meticulously brushed and waxed to a matte satin finish. The hand blown glass provides pleasant surface diffusion while also complimenting the light's overa...
Brass
$28,600 / item
Grand Aperture 4
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
A scaled version of our Aperture 4 chandelier, this fixture was build for grand spaces. Four large glass domes encircle a 4-globe geometric light source to ...
Brass
$1,800 / item
1 Arc Vanity
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
This hand-spun 8" dome is meticulously brushed and waxed to desired finish. The hand blown glass provides pleasant surface diffusion while also complimenting the light's overall form...
Brass
$3,000 / item
Perforated Arc
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
This hand-spun 20" perforated dome is meticulously brushed and waxed to desired finish. The hand blown glass provides pleasant surface diffusion while also complimenting the light's ...
Brass
$4,800 / item
Concentric 20" Pendant
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
Concentric lines ripple underneath a turned wood dome; reinforcing the pendant's form and beauty of it's material.
Brass
$4,100 / item
Atelier Pendant 14"
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
A hand-spun brass parabolic shade perfectly slips over a cast-glass dome. A line of glass is revealed from the profile; inciting a look underneath into a seemingly endless void of gl...
Brass
$800 / item
Mini Orb Pendant
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
A mouth-blown glass globe sits flush on a cast-brass disc. Hardware disappears, and the sphere becomes mysteriously endless.
Brass
$4,900 / item
Aperture Double
By Allied Maker
Located in Glen Cove, NY
The Aperture series was created to provide a beautiful quality of light by combining bounce and ambient glow. The light source is held in a hand-spun perforated brass dome on one sid...
Brass
Italian Early 20th C. Glass Grape Bunch Pendant Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vibrant pendant light from the 1920s; ruddy-red to amber, Venetian glass grape bunches with detailed green and pink leaves. The grapes are hanging from a green, patinated brass "vi...
Brass
Raul Reyes 'Rey 14' Perforated Metal Dome Ceiling Lamp in White
By Paavo Tynell, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Florian Schulz
Located in Glendale, CA
Raul Reyes 'Rey 14' Perforated Metal Dome ceiling lamp in white. Hand-fabricated in Los Angeles, these highly refined ceiling lamps are reminiscent of the iconic mid-century Finnis...
Metal
$3,550 / item
H 7.88 in Dm 25.6 in
Bonnie Contemporary LED Pendant @ 65cm/26". Solid Brass, Handmade in Sweden
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is st...
Brass
$2,200
H 5.91 in Dm 14.97 in
Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass, Handmade and handfinished in
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is ...
Brass
$8,844
H 40 in Dm 38.6 in
Large Arts and Crafts Black Forest Carved Oak Chandelier w. Forest Owl Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and superb condition, extra large ( diameter 38.6 inches) pendant light. If you have a passion for sculptural and meaningful Art then this antique and fully hand carved owl chandelier could be flying your way soon (no pun intended). Because of its size and quality it must have taken one very skilled German artisan weeks rather than days to fully handcarve this unique light fixture. With a diameter of 38.6 inches this is one of the largest, hand carved wooden chandeliers...
Oak
Triple-Cone Pendant by Hans Bergström, 1950s
By ASEA, Hans Bergström
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare three-cone pendant designed by Hans Bergström for ASEA in the 1950s. Emanating from a small brass globe are three lacquered aluminum cones with three rows of perforations each. ...
Aluminum, Brass
Cone and Stepped Plate Prismatic Pendent
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
This uniquely shaped 12 inch cone prismatic with a stepped plate lens has a very dramatic look. The lamp is made up of 2 pieces of glass held together with clips. It has a great prof...
Glass
Bonnie Config 1 Small, Contemporary LED Linear Chandelier, Solid Brass
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylised form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is st...
Brass
$10,730
H 36 in Dm 42 in
Impressive Large Art Deco, Forged Wrought Iron Chandelier w Salamander Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Amazing and skillfully handmade, one of a kind wrought iron Art pendant Probably Alessandro Mazzucotelli (1865-1938). This artistically designed and outstandingly executed wrought iron chandelier is in excellent condition and it comes with a mint and stunningly stylized salamander sculpture and an equally artistic flower...
Wrought Iron
$2,122
H 5.5 in W 5 in D 2.5 in
Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Whippet within Glass Cloche Dome Display Case
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency gilt bronze statue in the form of a whippet presented within period glass cloche dome bell jar display case supported on fitted ...
Bronze
$2,200 / item
H 5.91 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Bonnie Contemporary LED Small Pendant, Solid Brass or Nickel, Handmade/Finished
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Each organic flower-like form is ...
Brass
9 Arm Ivory Cone Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Red Lion, PA
Great quality Ivory Chandelier with 9 arms and solid brass In the style of Stilnovo 6 arms on the top tier 3 on the bottom Each cone has 2 light sockets 18 total
Brass