Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/1 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1822.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS, CERAMIC/ HAS WHAT APPEARS TO BE DUCT TAPE AROUND UPPER FITTING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 36.0 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
- Plume Atwood
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Waterbury
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR LAMP BULB & 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
- RAISED ON SHADE FITTING 'PLUME & ATWOOD MFG. CO. WATERBURY, CONN., U.S.A.'/ STICKER ON SOCKET 'FIRE HAZARD/ CAUTION/ MAXIMUM LAMP/ SIZE - 100 WATT'/ ON CONTACT IN SOCKET 'LEVITON/ CANADA CSA'/ ON OUTSIDE OF SHADE FITTING 'PAT.MAY.14.1912.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UPPER FITTING HAS SOME UNFINISHED PTS - DARK BRASS COLOUR - & SOME PTS PAINTED WHITE, SILVER-GREY TAPE WRAPPED AROUND/ LOWERFITTING DARK BRASS COLOUR/ SOCKET GLAZED WHITE, SILVER & BRASS COLOUR PTS/ SHADE IS WHITE
- Decoration
- SHADE HAS SCALLOPED EDGE, SERIES OF EVENLY SPACED RIDGES RUNNING DOWN OUTSIDE
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Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co., Lighting fixture, electric, after 1912, Artifact no. 1992.1822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1822.001/
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