by Artist (3)
Unknown Artist
Primary
Lamp
Stone
21 1/2 in. x 4 in. x 4 in. (54.61 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm)
Bequest of M. Carey Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College, 1894-1922
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
Deanery.606
Other Number(s):
W.56 (Wyndham No.)
Classification:
Furnishings and Furniture; Lighting Devices
Collection:
Deanery Collection
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- marble - A metamorphic, hard, dense, crystalline stone primarily composed of calcium carbonate; it is limestone or dolomite that has been metamorphosed with heat and pressure. Pure calcite marble is white, but impurities produce a wide variety of coloring and patterns. It is finely grained and polishes to a smooth, high gloss. It is used primarily for statuary and buildings. Marble has been quarried from sites around the world since at least the 7th century BCE. The term can also refer more broadly to any crystallized carbonate rock, including true marble and certain types of limestone, that will take a polish and can be used for architectural and ornamental purposes.
- table lamps - Lamps with a relatively short stem making them suitable for standing on tables and other furniture. The term is especially used in reference to late 18th-century lamps designed to burn whale oil and burning fluid compounds, which generally maintain the traditional stemware divisions of top, stem, and foot and often resemble stemmed drinking glasses of the same period.
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Bibliography List
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Manufacturers' Appraisal Company,
1949 Manufacturers' Appraisal.
1949
Page Number: 45 -
Manufacturers' Appraisal Company,
1954 Manufacturers' Appraisal.
1954
Page Number: 50
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