LAMP
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The shaft of the lamp is baluster shaped and made in ivory. It is in two sections that are marked by ormolu leaves, and stands on a tall five-sided pedestal made in tortoise shell, with the top edged with ormolu, and the sides indented. At the corners are five slender, baluster-shaped columns in ivory. All of the columns are resting on a five-sided plinth edged on top with ivory, and the sides in tortoiseshell, and framed in ormolu. It rests on five lion-paw feet made in ormolu. There are three bulbs and an ivory finial shaped like a melon. It has a lace shade.
- Object name:
- LAMP
- Made from:
- Tortoise shell -- ivory -- ormolu -- lace
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 73.7 cm (29 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.130
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973