Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/5 SOCKET
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1807.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY MAINLY BRASS, SOCKETS INCLUDE CERAMIC, PROBABLY PAPER, POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC OR RESIN SWITCH KEYS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 113.0 cm
- Width
- 66.0 cm
- Height
- 55.0 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 LAMP BULBS & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
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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
- 3 SOCKETS MK'D 'C.G.E./ 50 C.P. 250 V' & ON KEY 'C.G.E. Co.'/ ANOTHER SOCKET MK'D 'EDISON PATENTS' & ON KEY 'G.E. Co.'/ LAST SOCKET MK'D'AMELCO 660W 250V/ HEPC APPR.' & 'PRESS'
- Missing
- PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD SHADES - NOW MISSING
- Finish
- BRASS & GOLD COLOUR, BLACK SWITCH KEYS
- Decoration
- HIGHLY ORNAMENTED, BODY COVERED WITH CUT-OUT FILIGREE-TYPE WORK, CUT-OUT LEAVES INC URVE OF ARMS WITH ANOTHER LEAF SHAPE BELOW SOCKETS/ MORE FILIGREE-TYPE WORK AROUND CEILING 'PLATE' & A GRAPE & LEAF DESIGN ON 'COLLAR' PART WAY DOWN STEM
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1807, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1807.001/
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