Dragon lamp, Cyril Colnik, Milwaukee, late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
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- Created Date
- 1893-1920
- Description
Electric lamp with three curved legs and claw feet. Pedestal consists of, from bottom to top: three linked repoussé wing forms, three wrought iron dragon heads with long curled tongues, flat circular platform with ruffled edge, and wrought iron leaves surrounding several vertical rods. Shade is a modern replacement for the original glass shade.
- Creator
Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Metalwork
Lamp (lighting device)
Lighting device
Furnishings (artifacts)
Furnishings and equipment - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Chased and wrought ironRepoussé
- Rights
- © 2008 by the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.cavtmuseums.org
- Chicago citation style
- Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958. Dragon lamp, Cyril Colnik, Milwaukee, late nineteenth or early twentieth century.. 1893-1920. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1661. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958, (1893-1920) Dragon lamp, Cyril Colnik, Milwaukee, late nineteenth or early twentieth century.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1661
- MLA citation style
- Colnik, Cyril, 1871-1958. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/1661>.