Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
A) Lamp: urnshape, silver colored finish; pineapple finial; painted red and cream. B) Shade: tapered paper cylinder; cream color.
lamps (lighting devices)
metal
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
pineapple (motif)
Unidentified Metal
Silk
Pineapple
LAMP
A) Paper label on base ""Borgaese.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Italy
20.75 (H), 4.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.890AB
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
