Lighting fixture, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENDANT/HALL/1 JET
- DATE
- 1876–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1827.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY BRASS, GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 75.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- 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
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TO PROVIDE LIGHT BY PROVIDING AN OUTLET FOR GAS & BY PROVIDING A HOUSING FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS & CONNECTING THEM TO ELECTRICITY/TO PROVIDE LIGHT WHILE ALSO SERVING A DECORATIVE PURPOSE - Technical
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AN EXAMPLE OF A DECORATIVE LIGHTING FIXTURE/ GAS LIGHTING WAS IN COMMON USE FROM THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 19TH CENTURY INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS GRADUALLY REPLACED BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- PT OF CEILING PLATE MISSING
- Finish
- .1 BRASS & BLACK COLOUR (BLACK APPEARS TO BE WHERE BRASS HAS DARKENED) WITH ONE PANE OF CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ PTS (PANES OF GLASS) ALSO CLEAR & COLOURLESS
- Decoration
- TOP & BOTTOM BORDER OF FRAME HAS PATTERN OF SCROLLS WITH CUT-OUT SCALLOPED EDGE/ GAS KEY HAS RAISED DESIGN (INDISTINGUISHABLE)
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas, circa 1876–1910, Artifact no. 1992.1827, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1827.001/
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