Lighting fixture, gas & electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHANDELIER/3 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1892–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1806.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- METAL, PROBABLY BRASS, MICA IN SOCKETS, POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC SWITCH KEYS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 110.0 cm
- Width
- 54.0 cm
- Height
- 49.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC FIXTURES WERE USED FROM THE 1880'S INTO THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro Collection. This collection was acquired by the CSTM in 1992. It documents the material culture of the history of electricity and its uses. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT THROUGH THE USE OF GAS & BY PROVIDING A HOUSING FOR LAMP BULBS & CONNECTING THEM TO ELECTRICITY/ ALSO SERVES A DECORATIVE FUNCTION - Technical
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COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC LAMPS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO USE ELECTRIC LIGHT WITHOUT GIVING UP THE OPTION OF USING GAS IN CASE OF AN ELECTRIC POWER OUTAGE - A NOT UNUSUAL OCCURANCE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ELECTRICITY. WITH NEW INSULATED JOINT FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES CREATED BY LOUIS MCCARTHY, MANAGER OF THE W.T.C. MACALLEN COMPANY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON 2 SWITCH KEYS 'C.G.E. Co.'/ ON 3RD SWITCH KEY APPEARS TO BE STYLIZED 'M' OVERTOP OF A 'C'/ SLIGHTLY RAISED ON CEILING END PIECE 'SOLID [MI]CA INSULAT[0R?]/ MA[N]F'[G] BY W.T.C. MACALLEN CO./ BOSTON MASS. U.S.A.' & 'FEB.9.1892', APPEAR TO BE OTHER DATES TOO, BUT NOT LEGIBLE/ ON SOCKETS 'EDISON PATENTS'/ ON SHADE HOLDERS 'MADE IN U.S.A. 'PAT'D SEP. 23.90.'
- Missing
- SHADES
- Finish
- COPPER COLOUR & BLACK (APPEARS THAT FINISH HAS DISCOLOURED)
- Decoration
- ARMS & CENTRAL STEM HAVE NARROW, VERTICAL RIDGES/ SOME SCROLL 'CUT-OUTS' BELOW ARMS/ GAS KEYS ARE FAN SHAPE WITH SCROLLS/ FILIGREE TYPE FINIAL IN EGG SHAPE/ FLOWER SHAPEDSOCKET CUPS/ CEILING CUP HAS BORDER INCLUDING HEART SHAPES, ANOTHER WITH ALTERNATING WIDE & NARROW BANDS, STYLIZED PETAL SHAPES SURROUNDING NARROW END/ AROUND COLLAR OF SHADE HOLDER IS VINE PATTERN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas & electric, between 1892–1920, Artifact no. 1992.1806, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1806.001/
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