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Brass and copper lamp from the home of Walter and Louise Arensberg : [object]

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Description: Brass and copper desk lamp, approximately 1900. Brass with decorative etched copper inset in shade. Place of manufacture unknown. Shows evidence of electrical re-wiring.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1900
Call number: 653728
Provenance: Donation from Francis Bacon Foundation, Claremont, California, November 1995 Transferred to Huntington library with Francis Bacon Library collection in 1995. This was among a small group of furniture items from the Library that were transferred along with the collection of books and archives. It is listed on the inventory as "brass and copper lamp, ca. 1900". The lamp came from the home of Walter and Louise Arensberg and is shown in a photograph with the painting "Lamp" by Juan Gris, 1916, which is now currently in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dimensions: 36 x 24 x 16 cm
Associated people: Arensberg, Walter, (1878-1954,); Arensberg, Louise S. (1879-1953,)
Associated organization: Francis Bacon Library,
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Brass and copper desk lamp with decorative etched copper inset in shade. Place of manufacture unknown. Lamp was in the Arensbergs' home with the painting "Lamp" by Juan Gris (1916) hanging above it. Huntington Library catalog record for lamp, 653728.
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