Table lamp with shade from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Manufactured by
content: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., American, founded 1906
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A decorative table lamp (2011.12.37.1a) with shade (2011.12.37.1b) from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The lamp base is white ceramic with an abstract red, blue, and green floral motif painted on the front. The back is plain. The metal brass toned lamp harp is lightbulb shaped is metal and is missing its finial. The lamp socket is brass toned with a round, black, plastic knob. Stamped upside down at the center of the socket is text that reads [LEVITON / MADE IN U.S.A. / 250 W 250 V / LAMP HOLDER] and UL [in circle]. The brass finial at the top of the harp is narrow and turned, with a rounded ball at the top. The lamp body is amphora shaped with a tapered neck, narrow handles at the shoulder, and a round base. Threaded through a hole at the base is a brown plastic plug with two metal prongs. On the bottom of the lamp base is a piece of round green felt. The lamp shade is plain white and bell shaped. It has a metal frame and washer fitter.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.37.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: lampshades
label: Type
content: table lamps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ceramic with metal , brass (alloy) and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2011.12.37.1ab): 21 1/2 × 14 in. (54.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.37.1a): 19 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (48.4 × 14 × 12 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.37.1b): 10 7/16 × 13 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (26.5 × 35.3 × 36 cm)