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Messenger & Sons and Baldwin Gardiner

Argand Lamp

1834-1839

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Argand Lamp

1834-1839

Physical Qualities Bronze, gilt, glass, Overall: 25 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (63.8 x 41.3 x 22.2 cm) Electrical cord, bundled: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (21.6 x 11.4 x 6 cm) Longest glass prism: 5 1/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in. (13.3 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm) Lamp shade 1: 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.9 x 14 x 14 cm) Lamp shade 2: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (21 x 13 x 13 cm)
Credit Line Bequest of Ellen Howard Bayard
Object Number 1939.203a
Wendy A. Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; New York: Abbeville Press, 1993, page 158.

Markings: Marked near lamp arms "B. GARDINER/NEW YORK"

Manufacturer

Messenger & Sons

1834–1929

c. 1835-1930
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Retailer

Baldwin Gardiner

1790–1868

1791-1869
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