Argand lamp introduced
The Met describes the Argand oil lamp as introduced in 1784, a major change in domestic artificial lighting.
06 / history
A selected evidence trail, not a total history of lighting. Milestones are included because this release has inspectable institutional sources for them.
The Met describes the Argand oil lamp as introduced in 1784, a major change in domestic artificial lighting.
The Met documents a British Argand lamp made in England with Sheffield plate, earthenware and glass.
The Met’s sinumbra object record describes a design intended to let light fall on the surface below with less obstruction from the lamp structure.
Smithsonian and NPS sources document the Menlo Park public demonstration of Edison’s practical incandescent lighting system in late 1879; NPS also notes that electric lighting had earlier inventors and forms.
The V&A describes Wilhelm Wagenfeld’s table lamp as a functional yet expressive modernist object using a translucent glass globe.
The V&A highlights Poul Henningsen’s tiered opalescent-glass shade system as a glare-conscious lighting design.
The V&A documents an adjustable desk lamp using lacquered steel, nickel-plated brass, cast iron and ebonite.
The V&A traces George Carwardine’s spring-based mechanism to 1932 and the Anglepoise Model 1227 to 1935.
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