Floor lamp

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Floor lamp

Entry/Object ID

MP.87.586 a-b

Description

Largely brass floor lamp with gold foil shade: s-shaped branch with socket for bulb at one end and bud-shaped terminus at other rotates around the tall vertical shaft topped by finial; shaft consists of brass cylinder below, steel rod, brass rod with following turnings: reel, long narrow baluster, reel disc, shorter, heavier baluster, double reel, egg and triple reel; shaft rests on stepped triangular base which in turn rests on three s-shaped feet; iron supports below; fabric cord, cord exposed between arm, and top of brass shaft below steel length; paper shade with gold foil exterior hangs from arm.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1900 - 1933 Date made: r. 1900 - 1933

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

MP.87.586 A-B

MP.87.586a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Base

Depth

14-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)

Dimension Description

Lamp

Height

64 in

Width

20 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 64 x 20 in. (162.6 x 50.8 cm)

Dimension Description

Shade

Diameter

11-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)

Material

Cloth, Iron, brass, Steel, Paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Note: existing lamp may have been made up from originally separate parts; does not work; a bit of corrosion on feet.

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

with shade

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Laundry Room