- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0047 a,b
- Description
- A pair of electric wall lamps (a), each with a short tubular metal arm extending horizontally from a highly domed, gold painted, wall plaque and holding a light socket bent up at a right angle. Each lamp has a small cylindrical white glass lampshade (b) with a scalloped bottom edge and a raised lea…
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- Title
- Electric Lamp
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.5 (a); 7.5 (b) x 11.5 (a) x 17.0 (a) cm
- Description
- A pair of electric wall lamps (a), each with a short tubular metal arm extending horizontally from a highly domed, gold painted, wall plaque and holding a light socket bent up at a right angle. Each lamp has a small cylindrical white glass lampshade (b) with a scalloped bottom edge and a raised leaf design evenly spaced around the exterior. The top of each shade is rounded and sits directly on the light bulb. One lamp turns on and off with a black turn key through the socket, and the other lamp has a pull chain.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0047 a,b
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