John & Rico's

Antique Lighting from The Drawing Room

# 5117. A High Style American Japanesque / Aesthetic Movement Gas Hall Lantern. Size: (the fixture at large) is 25" tall and 11" Square; the center element is 15" tall x 11" square; the leaded glass panels are each approximately 5" x 8" tall. Circa 1885. Materials: brass and glass. The outside of the brass framing is apparently mercury gilt and is a very correct gold. The inside is painted with gold paint. The underside has a bright original finish gilt brass plate with a glass roundel with finial attached which may or may not be period. Condition: fitted for electricity; leaded glass panel condition - there are 6 minor cracks and 2 small losses of glass. This lantern is consistent with designs by Bradley and Hubbard: on page 68 of the catalogue titled "A Brass Menagerie / Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement" by Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio is pictured one of a pair of frames (47) Circa 1885 as described "Possilby Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company" Collection of Munson Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, gift of Garrie and deedee Wigmore. The frame as photographed in the catalogue is almost identical to the frame on each side of our gas hall lantern. Gas chandeliers surviving from the firm of Bradley & Hubbard are extremely rare. P.O.R.

The center glass rondel on the underside may or may not be period.

Detail of the Aesthetic Design.

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The Drawing Room is located at 152-154 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.We are open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and by appointment. If you have an interest in an item listed in this document or wish to purchase an item, please call us at 1-401-841-5060 (cell: 401-261-3980). The Partnership of Gacher and Santi has been in business for over 30 years. We have been located in Newport since 1985. Our email address is: drawrm@hotmail.com

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