Posted 11 years ago
IMSidney2
(3 items)
Hi,
I was given this beautiful hurricane lampshade. After much internet searching, I found out that the style is Lincoln drape. I also saw the words Gone with the Wind associated with some painted shades. Does that mean this is 19th century? I searched for a name on the glass, nothing. I have learned names like Fenton, Fostoria, Pairpoint, and Handel but nothing really seems similar to this.
It is painted on the outside and is approximately 8" tall.
I would like to make use of it but I just am curious about its history.
Thanks,
Sid
In the movie, "Gone With The Wind", some of the scenes showed Parlour lamps that were actually made from the 1890's-early 1900's period. The movie was supposed to be representing the Civil War era which was from 1861-1864. The viewers did not realize the mistake but collectors and historians did. These lamps did not exist during the civil war.
Parlour lamps commonly consisted of a metal base, brass parts, a painted oil receptacle (font) usually made of milk glass but some were brass or other metal, a burner with wick, a shade holder on which a shade like yours sat and a chimney that fit inside the shade and that was held by a gallery or prongs on the burner.
Your shade with a "drape" pattern is made of milk glass decorated with these large dark pink roses. The font on the parlour lamp would have had the same painted roses and probably the same "drape" design. You may one day find a matching font. Most of the time, the shades ended up broken since they had to be handled everytime you wanted to clean the lamp.
This is an Oil Lamp shade and is not called a "Hurricane" shade. It could also be from a later period and could have been used on an electrical lamp that copied the style of parlour lamps.
I like your shade not only because of the Art work but because of the "Drape" design. RER (BOB)