Round styles shaped with side brackets enclose cylindrical etched glass shade with view of Brooklyn Bridge on each side surrounded by geometric and foliate forms. Originally gas, now electric. General East Lake decoration.
ceiling fixtures (lighting fixtures)
brass (alloy)
etching (corroding)
glass (material)
Fixture, Lighting
Fixture, Ceiling
Fixture, Ceiling
In the opening address celebrating the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, former U.S. Congressman and New York City Mayor Abram Hewitt rhapsodized: It stands before us today as the sum and epitome of human knowledge; as the very heir of the ages; as the latest glory of centuries of patient observation, profound study and accumulated skill, gained, step by step, in the never-ending struggle of man to subdue the forces of nature to his control and use. When Bowen redecorated Roseland Cottage in the late 1880s, this lantern was a suitable celebration of Bowen's own achievements. Originally fueled by gas, the fixture was later adapted for electricity.
Subject Brooklyn Bridge,
Unknown
USA
40 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.563
1883-1885 (Bridge opened in 1883)
New York state (United States)
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