Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Glass, lead and bronze
DATES
ca. 1900
DIMENSIONS
22 x 18 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.120.50
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Laura L. Barnes
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table lamp, glass, lead, and bronze. Leaded glass shade of floral design with green and yellow predominant colors. Plain shaft and circular, depressed base of bronze with on-off button on shoulder. Three bulb sockets at top. At top of shade, in center, is bronze cap with floral cut-outs surmounted by peaked finial.
CAPTION
Handel & Company (founded 1893). Lamp, ca. 1900. Glass, lead and bronze, 22 x 18 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Laura L. Barnes, 67.120.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.120.50_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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What is the provenance of this lamp?
This lamp was made by Handel & Company around the year 1900. It was the bequest of Laura L. Barnes, wife of the art collector Albert C. Barnes. This was a very early electric light! It’s interesting to consider the juxtaposition between the new technology and nature motifs.