Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/1 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1829.001
- MANUFACTURER
- C. F. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, CERAMIC, FIBRE-COVERED WIRE/.2 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 48.0 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
- CF
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD A LAMP BULB & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR IT, & TO CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING - 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
- .1 DECAL, MUCH OF IT IS MISSING 'CSA [ ]ANDARD ELECTRIC FIXTURE/ [ILLEGIBLE]/ C.F. [?] TD. TORONTO/ [ ] ADIAN STANDARDS ASSOC.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 DARK BROWN, SLIGHT COPPER TONE, APPEARS UNFINISHED, SOME BITS OF WHITE PAINT SPATTERED ON/ UNGLAZED WHITE SOCKET WITH BRASSTONE & SILVERTONE PTS/.2 TRANSLUCENT WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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C. F. Co. Ltd., Lighting fixture, electric, after 1944, Artifact no. 1992.1829, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1829.001/
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