Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/3 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1892
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1817.001
- 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, POSSIBLY RESIN-IMPREGNATED PAPER IN SOCKETS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.0 cm
- Width
- 56.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR LAMP BULBS & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY/ ALSO SERVES A DECORATIVE FUNCTION - 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 RING BETWEEN LAMP & BACKPIPING APPEARS TO BE 'JULY 5, 1892' & 'OCT. 1[8], 1892'
- Missing
- GLOBES OR SHADES
- Finish
- BRASS COLOUR, MOSTLY DULL, SOME SHINIER PTS/ APPEARS TO HAVE SOME GREEN CORROSION PRODUCTS
- Decoration
- CONSIDERABLE ORNAMENTATION/ ACANTHUS LEAVES CUPPED AROUND SOCKETS, SCROLL & LEAF SHAPES ORNAMENTING ARMS, BEADED PATTERN AROUND SHADE HOLDERS/ CENTRAL SECTION & CANOPY HAVE STYLIZED LEAF PATTERN/ BALL BENEATH MAIN SECTION HAS VERTICAL RIDGES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, after 1892, Artifact no. 1992.1817, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1817.001/
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