Salesman’s Sample Photographic Album
This album of photographs was a salesman’s sample book which would be used to market metal and glass table lamps and candlesticks. A number have leaded-glass shades or blown, feathered glass shades in the manner of those made by Tiffany Studios of New York. While the lighting firm remains unidentified, the images feature both oil lamps and electrified lighting, which suggests the date of the sample book to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Salesman’s Sample Photographic Album
- Maker: Unknown Maker
- Date: ca. 1900–1920
- Medium: Photographs, Paper, leather binding
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 10 × 1 1/4 in. (19.1 × 25.4 × 3.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Eric Streiner, 2025
- Object Number: 2025.266.1a, b
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Unknown Maker
after 1625
Unknown Maker
ca. 1600
Unknown Maker
late 19th century
Unknown Maker
ca. 1885–1900
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1902–20
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