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Posts Tagged ‘patina’ This past winter I had the opportunity to tour the Purcell-Cutts house, a Prairie School home in Minneapolis that is now preserved and maintained by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Inspired by one of the original light fixtures in the house’s stairwell, I decided to build a replica using raw brass parts and vintage wiring. [...] → Continue Reading Stairwell Fixture Built and Installed  About a year ago, I stumbled upon two lamp bases in a local antique store. According to the store owner, these were replicas made to look like actual Tiffany lamps. Antiques in their own right, such bases are rare today, even though they are not actual Tiffany. Close examination of the detail and a comparison [...] → Continue Reading Patina: Tiffany Student Lamp Base Replica  This dragonfly shade suffered from an improperly attached heat cap. Sometimes called a “cold” solder, the cap was never fully attached, probably because it had been patinated (colored) before it was attached. Disaster was averted when the owner realized repairs were necessary. The cap was carefully removed and the top row of glass cleaned of [...] → Continue Reading Newer Dragonfly Heat Cap Failure  First, the original aperture had to be removed. Then, a new cap was built from scratch using steel rebar and copper. Finally, the new cap was positioned and soldered to the existing framing members. With wires to reinforce the new cap down the edges of the shade, the new aperture is stronger than ever.  Although the cap may have once stood proud and tall, the undulating brass was not the problem. This shades upper aperture ring was pulling loose and had it been placed upon a lamp base it would have pulled completely through. It is a great example of the need for proper reinforcement. After carefully removing the [...] → Continue Reading Antique Shade Aperture Repair  The term “student lamp” usually refers to oil-burning lamps that became popular in the early 1800’s. They were typically made of brass and appeared in both single and double burner models. Oil was stored in a reservoir on one arm to counterbalance a burner and glass shade on an opposite arm. They were popular as [...] → Continue Reading Adjustable Student Lamp |
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