Kerosene Chandelier, 1876-1885
Add to SetSummary
Stores, depots, theaters, churches, libraries and other public buildings in the late 19th century required areas of concentrated light. Large overhead chandeliers with multiple burners and mirrored reflectors illuminated a building's dark spaces. This chandelier's large ring of mirrors on the underside of the lower canopy reflected light from ten kerosene burners down onto the public space below.
Stores, depots, theaters, churches, libraries and other public buildings in the late 19th century required areas of concentrated light. Large overhead chandeliers with multiple burners and mirrored reflectors illuminated a building's dark spaces. This chandelier's large ring of mirrors on the underside of the lower canopy reflected light from ten kerosene burners down onto the public space below.
Artifact
Chandelier (Hanging light)
Date Made
1876-1885
Creators
Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Kerosene burners made by the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company. Chandelier made by an unidentified maker, possibly in New York City.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Chandeliers
Object ID
63.164.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Dimensions
Height: 66 in
Diameter: 48 in
Inscriptions
Stencilled under canopy: PAT. AUG. 24 / 1876