Lighting fixture, electric

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OBJECT TYPE
Ceiling/hyperion glass
DATE
1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1966.1023.001
MANUFACTURER
Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
White hyperion glass globe/ Brass-coloured chain and ceiling fixture.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
107.0 cm
Width
N/A
Height
35.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Lighting Technology
Category
Lighting devices
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Northern Electric
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
This lamp was made by Northern Electric Company Limited (nowadays Northern Telecom Limited or NORTEL). The company Northern Electric & Manufacturing Company Limited was incorporated in 1895, when Bell Canada's growth led to form a separate company to take their mechanical department's work. By 1912, the growth of Northern Electric led to a deal with Bell whereby Northern would become the storekeeper and purchasing for Bell. A subsequent amalgamation with other companies related to electrical equipment led to the consolidation of the Northern Electric Company Limited in 1914. Although the production was concentrated in electric radio and sound equipment, the company was also engaged in the sale/distribution of electric lighting devices. Their catalogues published between 1925 and 1940 advertised several shapes of lighting devices featuring the Hyperion glass. From the 1950's, Northern was purchased by successive firms specialized in communication equipment, and their amalgamation resulted in the creation of the Northern Telecom Limited in 1976.
Function
To hold and provide a housing for a lamp bulb, and to connect it to an electrical supply in order to provide light. The area of use or any special purpose of this lamp is not known.
Technical
The artefact features the innovations in the making of lamp shades from the 1930s. Before 1925, many light fixtures still kept vestiges of Victorian ornamentation on both frames (metal) and shade (if they had one) as they were copied on gas fixtures. The "Exposition des Arts décoratifs, et industriels modernes" held in Paris in 1925 launched the Modernist style - later known as "Art Déco". From then on, some American manufacturers of lighting devices began the production of glass shades of various types, with crystal etched, roughed inside or out, frosted or polished. The opal glass, an opaque white that glowed with subtle when lit was also very popular. The company Gill Glass introduced the "Hyperion" to diffuse the "glittering bayonets" of lights produced by naked bulbs.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
None.
Missing
N/A
Finish
Brass-coloured chain and ceiling fixture/ White hyperion glass globe.
Decoration
N/A

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Lighting fixture, electric, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1966.1023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1023.001/

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