A lamp consisting of an iron rod on a tripod base, with an arm fashioned to hold the light. There is a finial tap on the rod. The lamp is now electrified and presently has a "modern" pink shade (Woolsworths ca.1970).
floor lamps
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
Lamp, Electric
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
56 (H), 12 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.688
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