Reading lamp
Category
Furniture
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Mahogany
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297588
Summary
A pair of mahogany reading lamps, mid 19th Century. Made from bed posts, the turned and shaped baluster columns are very elaborate, with beading, reeding and carving alternating all the way up, octagonal bases. Converted to electric light circa 1912-1914.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)