Shade, lamp

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OBJECT TYPE: HOLOPHANE/RIBBED/3.5 IN. BASE
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0393.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 19.2 cm
Height: 9.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting device parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE OF SHADE USED ON GASOLIERS IN URBAN CANADIAN HOMES. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TOTORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: PART OF LIGHTING FIXTURE WHICH SHIELDS GAS FLAME & DIFFUSES LIGHT FROM FLAME INTO SURROUNDING AREA.
Technical: RIBBED HOLOPHANE SHADES WERE DESIGNED TO INCREASE ILLUMINATION, THE GLASS BEING CUT SO AS TO FORM PRISMS. INVENTED IN 1897 BY TWO FRENCHMEN, BLONDEL & PSAROUDAKI, IN 1898 OTIS MYGATT BOUGHT U.S. PATENT RIGHTS & OPENED FIRST HOLOPHANE CO. IN NEW YORK. IN 1900, HE MOVED TO NEWARK, OH & BEGAN MAKING MOULDS FOR SHADES WHICH WERE USED BY ANOTHER MFR. TO MAKE SHADES FOR HOLOPHANE CO.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE/ .3 IS CRACKED
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT
Decoration: RIBBED SIDES, RUFFLED EDGES

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Unknown Manufacturer, Shade, lamp, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1998.0393, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0393.001/

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