Hi!
I am sure you are all aware of this, but just in case you are not, I ran across a wonderful site on early lighting and light sockets.
It is antiquesockets.com. These are two links to lighting of the 1880's on the left menu, down a considerable distance from the top--
one is called "Styles 1881 to 1884" and the other is "Other pre-1888 Styles." There are fascinating photos, catalog illustrations and other info about later, turn of the 20th century lighting as well. Using another part of the site, I was able to date a lamp base with Hubbell sockets and acorn pulls to 1904-1909 (a Saturday sale purchase--the base turns out to be a Pittsburgh base.)
Wonderful Website on Electric Light Fixtures of the 1880's
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Other Antiques thread on victorianforum.com · started April 29, 2008 by drew49 · 3 posts · discussion in 2008.
Hi! I am sure you are all aware of this, but just in case you are not, I ran across a wonderful site on early lighting and light sockets. It is antiquesockets.com. These are two links to lighting of the 1880's on the left menu, down a considerable distance from the top-- one…
Great site Drew49. I perused it a bit and there is so much information there it is overwhelming. Looks like the site owner has been collecting original catalogs for decades.
This is an addendum to my earlier posts. The gentleman behind the site, antiquesockets.com, has been very helpful with my questions about lamps, sockets etc. Once again, I highly recommend this site!