Upstairs- we have a grand front hall...THEN the 'back hall'. The whole 'servants' thing going on. Back stairs leading to the 1st floor- and back stairs leading to the 3rd floor. The main stairs- in the front hall- go from 1st to 3rd floor. In the back hall- this plaster light has been hanging since at least early 1940. However- I'm still not entirely sure. It may have arrived earlier in time. It's just that in 1941- the second family to own our home bought the house and did a lot of restoration. The home was lost to the bank during the Great Depression and sat empty for a while [until 1941]. I read somewhere [restoration catalogue] that a homeowner would rather leave a plain ol' light bulb hanging from the ceiling that put up any old lighting fixture. This made me laugh- because this is very true in the case of out house. We've had many naked bulbs hanging around. We still have one remaining- a naked bulb- in our bedroom. For my birthday- Larry completely surprised me with a 'new' old light for the naked bulb hallway. I saw it online a while ago. I showed it to him- told him the history of the company that made it. Acorn Brass Co. from Chicago- went out of business during the great depression. How this would be the perfect light for that hall way- plus it was affordable! Since one day I truly intend to have a Cornelius and Baker gasolier in the downstairs hall- this is what the 'going back to school=JOB' thing is all about. Anyway- about 2 days after I saw the below light online- I went to view it again-->GONE! First thought: hmmm... Larry bought it for my b-day? Nah-- he wouldn't think of that. so time passed, I never mentioned the light again. I was super surprised on my birthday when I opened this baby up:) I don't need fancy clothes or jewelry to make me happy~ a hundred year old light will do just perfect.
Welcome Home new light. We'll be happy to have you around for another 100 years or so.....
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