Gas Lighting Fixture
Unknown Artist
ca. 1895
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm)
Classification
Gas lighting fixture
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of New York Clearing House, 1963
Accession Number
Inst.63.2.9
Art Historical Context
Welcome to The American Wing where this charming **Gas Lighting Fixture** (ca. 1895) illuminates the ingenuity of late th-century American design.ed from metal and measuring a compact 18 x 18 inches (45.7 x 45.7 cm), this anonymous work exemplifies the functional artistry of the Gilded Age, when gas lamps were the height of interior elegance before electricity's rise. Gas lighting revolutionized homes and public spaces in the1880s–1890s, offering, more reliable illumination than candles or oil lamps. This fixture, likely intended for a wall or ceiling in an urban residence or commercial build...