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Table lamps

Scope note

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.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037644

Equivalent Terms used

table lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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