General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

White hyperion glass globe/ Brass-coloured chain and ceiling fixture.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

107.0 cm

Width

N/A

Height

35.0 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

Northern Electric

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This lamp was made by Northern Electric Company Limited (nowadays Northern Telecom Limited or NORTEL). The company Northern Electric & Manufacturing Company Limited was incorporated in 1895, when Bell Canada's growth led to form a separate company to take their mechanical department's work. By 1912, the growth of Northern Electric led to a deal with Bell whereby Northern would become the storekeeper and purchasing for Bell. A subsequent amalgamation with other companies related to electrical equipment led to the consolidation of the Northern Electric Company Limited in 1914. Although the production was concentrated in electric radio and sound equipment, the company was also engaged in the sale/distribution of electric lighting devices. Their catalogues published between 1925 and 1940 advertised several shapes of lighting devices featuring the Hyperion glass. From the 1950's, Northern was purchased by successive firms specialized in communication equipment, and their amalgamation resulted in the creation of the Northern Telecom Limited in 1976.

Function

To hold and provide a housing for a lamp bulb, and to connect it to an electrical supply in order to provide light. The area of use or any special purpose of this lamp is not known.

Technical

The artefact features the innovations in the making of lamp shades from the 1930s. Before 1925, many light fixtures still kept vestiges of Victorian ornamentation on both frames (metal) and shade (if they had one) as they were copied on gas fixtures. The "Exposition des Arts décoratifs, et industriels modernes" held in Paris in 1925 launched the Modernist style - later known as "Art Déco". From then on, some American manufacturers of lighting devices began the production of glass shades of various types, with crystal etched, roughed inside or out, frosted or polished. The opal glass, an opaque white that glowed with subtle when lit was also very popular. The company Gill Glass introduced the "Hyperion" to diffuse the "glittering bayonets" of lights produced by naked bulbs.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Brass-coloured chain and ceiling fixture/ White hyperion glass globe.

Decoration

N/A