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Parlor lamps

Scope note

Ornate late-19th- and early-20th-century kerosene table lamps consisting of globular or egg-shaped bases of glass and brass or all brass into which fitted a metal font and a glass shade, often either spherical or hemispherical. Bases and shades were frequently matching, especially when they were of painted glass. Use also for similar lamps with fancy fabric shades.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000180528

Term used for

lamps, parlor

Equivalent Terms used

parlor lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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