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2. Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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   Lamps from the 1890s consisted of a stand, font, chimney, and often a shade. [24] The font (also spelled "fount") held the kerosine for the lamp. [25] The chimney was a glass tube placed around the lamp's flame that had a bulge at the base that kept drafts away from the flame and added extra illumination. [26]

3. Argand lamp - Wikipedia

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   An Argand lamp in use in A Portrait of James Peale, done in 1822 by Charles Willson Peale Argand lamp with circular wick and glass chimney. Illustration from Les Merveilles de la science (1867–1869) by Louis Figuier. The Argand lamp is a type of oil lamp invented in 1780 by Aimé Argand.

4. Fairy lamp - Wikipedia

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   The lamps' original purpose was utilitarian with the typical pieces including the base, a cup for the candle, and the chimney or shade. [1] Their creation began in the 1840s, when a new type of candle was developed. These candles were smaller, fatter, and encased with paper; [2] they were usually set in a saucer of water to burn.

5. Pairpoint Glass - Wikipedia

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   Pairpoint candlestick, 1912 Brooklyn Museum. Pairpoint is known for three kinds of glass lampshades, originally produced from the mid-1890s through the mid-1920s: reverse painted landscape shades (where the glass is hand painted on the inside surface so colors appear softly through the glass), blown out reverse painted shades, and ribbed reverse painted shades, mostly with floral designs and ...

6. Chimney - Wikipedia

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   A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, ...

7. The Most Magical White House Christmas Decorations Through ...

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   1961. In 1961, Jacqueline Kennedy kickstarted The White House's tradition of themed Christmas decor. For her tree reveal, Jackie O opted for blue velvet ribbons and ornaments from the "Nutcracker ...