Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/1 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1825.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, CERAMIC/.2 GLASS, METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 73.0 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 A LAMP SOCKET & CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF A DECORATIVE INTERIOR LIGHTING FIXTURE/ THE USE OF ELECTRICITY FOR INTERIOR 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
- .1 ON SOCKET 'C.G.E./ 660.W 250 V'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- HOUSING IS BRASS & DULL SILVER COLOUR - SILVER COLOUR PTS LOOK AS IF THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A BLACK FINISH - ALSO PATCHES OF DARK REDDISH COLOUR/ HANGER APPEARS MOSTLY RUSTY BROWN/ SOCKET IS GLAZED WHITE/.2 TRANSLUSCENT WHITE, BRASS COLOUR FINIAL WITH SOME BLACK
- Decoration
- .1 IN 2 PLACES ON OUTSIDE OF HOUSING A BORDER RUNS AROUND CONSISTING OF SERIES OF CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL LINES/ HANGER IS IN A DECORATIVE SHAPE/.2 DECORATIVE FINIAL
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1825, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1825.001/
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