Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/2 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1809.001
- 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 WITH MICA IN SOCKET, PROBABLY BAKELITE SWITCH KEY, FIBRE COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 83.0 cm
- Width
- 45.5 cm
- Height
- 10.5 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ACCORDING TO OH INFO, THIS LAMP WAS INSTALLED IN A HOUSE IN 1914
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR LAMPS, & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A DECORATIVE DOMESTIC LIGHTING FIXTURE/ THE USE OF ELECTRICITY FOR HOME LIGHTING GOES BACK TO THE 1880'S, BUT DID NOT BECOME WIDESPREAD UNTIL THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON SOCKET '50 C.P. 250 VOLTS/ GENER[AL] ELEC[TRIC] CO.'/ ON SWITCH KEY 'G.E. CO.'
- Missing
- 1 SOCKET, POSSIBLY SHADES OR GLOBES/ CORNER BROKEN OFF SWITCH KEY
- Finish
- MOSTLY DULL BRASS COLOUR, SHINY BRASS COLOUR IN PLACES, SOME GREENCORROSION PRODUCTS
- Decoration
- ARMS ARE CURVED INTO A CIRCLE WITH END CONTINUING TO CURVE DOWN BEYOND CIRCLE/ CENTRAL SECTIONS HAVE SERIES OF STEPPED RIDGES, BALL SHAPED FINIAL
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1992.1809, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1809.001/
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