Floor Lamp

• Artist: Pierre Emmanuel Guerin (Designer)
• Medium: Brass, glass, iron
• Geographical Location: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: Patented April 13, 1886
• Dimensions: 51 1/4 x 11 x 13 in. (130.2 x 27.9 x 33 cm)
• Markings: Molded on burner knobs: "P / DUPLEX / A" Impressed on proper left underside of thumb-talon of bird's foot: "PATENT / APRIL 13, 1886" Impressed on side of proper right talon: "PAT.APPLIED.FOR." Impressed on underside of base: "P.E.GUERIN" at tips of two talons; "P.E.GUERIN / NY" twice between claws. On metal plate affixed to under side of base, impressed: "P.E.G." and "537"
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-5, American 5K20
• Accession Number: 2004.32a-c
• Image: 2004.32a-c_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Brass floor lamp with glass kerosene reservoir, shade, and chimney. (a) Lamp stand is in the form of a stylized bird of prey standing on a single elongated, scaly leg; an oversized foot with talons forms the base. Attached to the bird's crown is a squat, spherical kerosene reservoir of amber hobnail glass. A circular coronet-style burner screws into the neck ring of the reservoir. (b) Blue hobnail glass shade sits atop the stand; bowl-shaped form flares out to scalloped rim. (c) Colorless glass baluster-shaped chimney fits into cylindrical holder around burner and within blue shade.