Argand Lamp

Henry N. Hooper and Company

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black metal lamp base with gold accents. Two short horizontal bars extend from the center at the top and bottom, each with a glass lamp shade on one end and a removable top to the oil reservoir on the other. The glass shades are white with a floral pattern. The metal bases are round and taper upward before flaring out at the bottom. The base of each lamp is decorated with two gold bands, one near the bottom and one near the top. A single gold band encircles the center of each bar. A gold band also encircles the oil reservoir base and top. The background is gray and darkens toward the top.