Lighting fixture, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHANDELIER/4 JET/UPRIGHT/BATSWING
- DATE
- 1890–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0418.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.5 BRASS; METAL PARTS/.6-.9 PRESSED GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 115.2 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
- C. 1890-1920
- Canada
-
TYPE OF GAS CHANDELIER USED IN CANADIAN URBAN HOMES, PARTICULARLY PARLOURS, LIBRARIES & DINING ROOMS. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR * - Function
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LIGHTING DEVICE ATTACHED TO CEILING WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME. - Technical
-
DESIGN OF LUMINAIRE IS TYPICAL OF TURN OF CENTURY & WAS ALSO USED BY ELECTRIC LAMP MFRS. DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF BURNER GREATLY INFLUENCED LUMINOSITY OF GAS. FIRST ARGAND BURNERS WERE USED THEN SELECTION OF FLAT BURNERS. GEORGE BRAY INTRODUCED HIS FLAT FLAME BURNER C. 1870; THEY BECAME KNOWN FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .2-.5 INCISED LETTERING ON BURNERS READS "BRAY 235 No 2 ENGLAND
- Missing
- 1 SCREW FOR ATTACHMENT OF ARM/ PIPE IS BENT
- Finish
- .1 BRASS COLOURED/.2 COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT
- Decoration
- .1 LOWER PART OF CENTRAL COLUMN IS CUT AWAY TO FORM ROSETTES, LEAVES, SPIRALS; INDENTED PARALLEL LINES ON SEVERAL COMPONENTS; LEAF DESIGN ON LOWER KNOB/.2-.5 PROXIMAL END OF ARM HAS ATTACHED CAST LEAF DESIGN; DISTAL END OF ARM SPIRALS IN & IS EMBELLISHED WITH ROSETTES, PINNATE LEAVES & SPIRALS/.6-.9 DOUBLE ROW OF RAISED TRIANGLES SEPARATED BY RAISED DIAMOND PATTERN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas, between 1890–1910, Artifact no. 1998.0418, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0418.001/
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