Lamp standard
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
circa 1920 - 1940
Materials
Walnut, metal
Measurements
175 cm (Height); 36 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Greenway, Devon
NT 120948
Summary
A walnut lamp standard, English, mid-20th century. Fitted for electricity. Topped by a short baluster above a broadening reeded shaft atop an acanthus-wrapped baluster. All raised on a dished circular base on three bun feet.
Provenance
Introduced to the property by Agatha Christie Mallowan (1890-1976) and listed in an inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy in 1942. Given to the National Trust by Mrs Rosalind Hicks (d. 2004), Anthony Hicks (d. 2005) and Mathew Prichard in 2006, and accepted in 2007.