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| Author | : Catherine M. V. Thuro |
| Publisher | : Echo Point Books & Media |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2019-02-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781635618433 |
Near the turn of the twentieth century, the mass production of affordable lighting forever changed how we work, play, and live. This tectonic shift is directly related to the availability of cheap petroleum-based oil and the refinement of the kerosene lamp. Author Catherine Thuro devoted years of research to compiling a record of these formerly ubiquitous lighting devices. Oil Lamps is her first masterpiece: a comprehensive, invaluable resource. With over 1,000 lamps shown in detailed studio photographs, clearly reproduced illustrations from catalogues and trade journals, this book is the definitive visual compilation of kerosene lamps and accessories. The clear photography is also matched by detailed and engaging explanations about the origins of lamp styles. Thuro places the kerosene lamp in cultural and historical context, discussing the revolutionary large-scale production of these luminaries, the wide array of raw material used, and the far-reaching consequences of a society literally brought into the light on a massive scale. For both historical and comparative information, this is a must-have reference for collectors.
| Author | : Thomas W. Small |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2017-07-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780692909201 |
A survey of imported and domestic kerosene mantle burners and lamps sold in America in the 1896 to 1935 time period. Includes details on patents, burner and lamp construction, selling firms, and the persons and families behind these businesses.
| Author | : Cecil A. Meadows |
| Publisher | : Shire Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-09-23 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780852632888 |
This book traces the design and evolution of oil lighting, examining in detail the varieties and design features of many of the lamps which were made particularly in the Victorian period. A great many of these lamps still survive today, either converted to electricity or in their original form in antique shops. Whether a collector or antique dealer, this fascinating book is certain to fill gaps in the reader's knowledge of oil lighting.
| Author | : Catherine M. V. Turo |
| Publisher | : Echo Point Books & Media |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2018-12-21 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9781635610697 |
This informative and stunning book is the capstone in Catherine Thuro's three-part series on oil lamps. Focusing on trimmings, the jaw-dropping variety of models, and likely placement in the home, this book celebrates the convergence of appliance and art in the Kerosene Era.
| Author | : Lisa Hammond |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2010-08-01 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1608102351 |
Mother Teresa said, "To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it." Most women are so busy filling the lamps of the people they love that they let their own lamps run low. They spend so much time and energy taking care of their children, husbands, aging parents, friends, neighbors, bosses, coworkers, and others, that they often neglect themselves. Awareness is the first step toward solving a problem. So the first section of this book is devoted to helping us acknowledge the problem and understand the reasons for it. Chapter 1 looks at how girls are socialized, growing up to be women who put others first. Chapter 2 examines the values women have adopted in the past 50 years, beginning with the feminist movement - leading us to believe that we can have it all - all at once. And Chapter 3 explores the corresponding myth that we can DO it all.
| Author | : Christopher S. Lightfoot |
| Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2021-05-21 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1588397246 |
The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. Each lamp is illustrated, and the accompanying text addresses typology, decoration, and makers’ marks on each of these objects that provide new insights into art, craft, and trade in the ancient Mediterranean.
| Author | : J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Publisher | : Getty Publications |
| Total Pages | : 523 |
| Release | : 2017-09-30 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 1606065130 |
In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have much to reveal about life, religion, pottery, and trade in the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Most of the Museum’s lamps have never before been published, and this extensive typological catalogue will thus be an invaluable scholarly resource for art historians, archaeologists, and those interested in the ancient world. Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at http://www.getty.edu/publications/ancientlamps and may be downloaded free of charge in multiple formats, including PDF, MOBI/Kindle, and EPUB, and features zoomable images and multiple views of every lamp, an interactive map drawn from the Ancient World Mapping Center, and bibliographic references. For readers who wish to have a bound reference copy, a paperback edition has been made available for sale.
| Author | : Noam Adler |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Antiquities |
| ISBN | : |
The ceramic oil lamps in this collection once burned in the Holy Land, lit by the oil of its abundant olive trees and conceived by the imagination of its early inhabitants. The lamps' symbols, designs, shape and decorations allow us to learn about the time and place they were made, and the culture and standard of living of those who used them.
| Author | : Mary Davis Brown |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 538 |
| Release | : 2010-12-13 |
| Genre | : York County (S.C.) |
| ISBN | : 9781452812939 |
The diaries of Mary Davis Brown offer a rare glimpse of times past in the rural community of York County, South Carolina, during the nineteenth century, a time when faith in God and the good earth were still the pillars of family life. Born on March 21, 1822, Mary began poignantly recording her thoughts, poetry, prayers, and daily activities in 1854 upon the death of her eight-year-old son. She continued her writings through the Civil War years and until late 1901 when she was almost 80 years old. Fortunately, these diaries have survived for over a century and a half and, because of their delicate condition, now rest in a fireproof, humidity and temperature controlled vault in the South Caroliniana Library on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Oil In Our Lamps is the culmination of many years of painstaking effort by the descendants of Mary Davis Brown. Her diaries, more than worthy of publication, can now be enjoyed by modern-time folks who will find them enlightening, enriching, and heart-warming.
| Author | : Varda Sussman |
| Publisher | : BAR International Series |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781407310510 |
A catalogue and analysis of over 1000 Roman-period oil lamps from the Holy Land within the collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Roman period in Palestine begins with the conquest of the East by Pompey in 63 BCE - essentially the period representing the continuation of the partial political and cultural annexation of the country to Western civilisation following the earlier arrival of Greek and Hellenistic culture. By the same author, see also BAR S1598 2007: Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps and BAR S2015 2009: Greek and Hellenistic Wheel and Mould Made Closed Oil Lamps in the Holy Land.
