Art Institute of Chicago
Double-Plated Lamp
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825–88)LinkedCulture matchlcp-59b7ec60a760
- Date
- c. 1865
- Medium
- Cobalt blue, opaque white, and clear glass, gilt bronze, and marble
- Culture
- Sandwich
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 131880
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This kerosene-fueled lamp exemplifies the growing taste for brilliant color and elaborate surface decoration in mid-19th century lighting. The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company produced a variety of lamps and other objects of cased and cut glass. Here, clear, white, and blue glass have been layered and then cut to create an intricate design. When illuminated, the distinctive glass casts patterns of light within a room. This technique was developed by glassworkers from Bohemia (a historic region that now forms much of the Czech Republic), who brought it to the United States.
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- Object type
- AAT300386226
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