Pair of Lamps
Union Glass Works
1835–1840
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- Each: 26.7 × 10.8 cm (10 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- furniture accessory
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
american artsglassamerican decorative artsfurniture accessorydecorative arts
About
These lamps were made to burn oil. The brass collars allowed wicks and glass shades to be screwed tightly to the tops. The shades fit over the wicks and aided in illuminating a room by diffusing the light of the flame.