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- Hallowe'en Party Decorations, circa 1923 - In the 1910s and 1920s, Halloween parties for adults were becoming more popular--and commercialized. Hostesses could decorate their table settings with stylish ready-to-use paper party goods, printed with attractive Halloween-themed images. This party set includes invitations, lampshades, place cards, candle holders, party picks, and nut cups. There's a little fortune-telling as well -- written on the owls is a "prediction" for each guest.
- circa 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Hallowe'en Party Decorations, circa 1923
In the 1910s and 1920s, Halloween parties for adults were becoming more popular--and commercialized. Hostesses could decorate their table settings with stylish ready-to-use paper party goods, printed with attractive Halloween-themed images. This party set includes invitations, lampshades, place cards, candle holders, party picks, and nut cups. There's a little fortune-telling as well -- written on the owls is a "prediction" for each guest.
- Electric Table Lamp, 1915 -
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Table Lamp, 1915
- Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- 1955-1959
- Collections - Artifact
Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- Collections - Artifact
Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Lampshade, 1900-1920 - Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Lampshade, 1900-1920
Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
- Lampshade, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Lampshade, 1880-1900
- Lamp Shade Cleaning Brush, 1950-1955 -
- 1950-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Lamp Shade Cleaning Brush, 1950-1955
- Floor Lamp, 1899-1901 - Tiffany Studios acquired a bronze foundry in 1897, allowing them to produce bases for large-scale floor lamps. When this lamp was made, the company was still experimenting, evolving from creating elaborate table lamps into producing elegant floor lamps too. This lamp with its sinuous, Art Nouveau surface decoration and shimmering iridescent shade likely graced a sumptuously decorated parlor or library.
- 1899-1901
- Collections - Artifact
Floor Lamp, 1899-1901
Tiffany Studios acquired a bronze foundry in 1897, allowing them to produce bases for large-scale floor lamps. When this lamp was made, the company was still experimenting, evolving from creating elaborate table lamps into producing elegant floor lamps too. This lamp with its sinuous, Art Nouveau surface decoration and shimmering iridescent shade likely graced a sumptuously decorated parlor or library.
- Lampshades, 1905-1910 - Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
- 1905-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Lampshades, 1905-1910
Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
- Double Wall Sconce, 2000 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Double Wall Sconce, 2000
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.