Reading lamp
Category
Furniture
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Mahogany
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297589.2
Summary
One of a pair of mahogany reading lamps, mid 19th Century. Made from bed posts, with turned reeded columns, criss-crossed with strap work all the way up, triangular 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)