Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Pope's lanterns

Nothing much, just an exquisite bronze light fixture outside of John Russell Pope's Temple of the Scottish Rite here on 16th street in Washington, DC. A patina'd fixture, proving that quality lasts the test of time.

7 comments:

  1. Very interesting design, unusual for outside.

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    Karena

    Art by Karena

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  2. Now would not they be fabulous adopted as standard lamps?

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  3. Very classic. I'm guessing that there are three clawed feet on the bottom. I'll take two!

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  4. David,they would be fabulous indoors as well!
    Mark, you are correct on the clawed feet. And there just have to be 2 on the exterior porch!

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  5. What is the Scottish Rite temple there like as a whole?

    The one here is in a dicey neighborhood but it's really kind of an interesting building. I should do a little research on these.

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  6. David, I'm happy to show more tomorrow! It's a beautiful building and in a great location - 8 blocks or so north of the white house.

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  7. My first impression of the image was of two branches of a plant. Now I've stopped hallucinating I can see what a beauty that lamp is - especially with a tripod base - and would love to use it in a room (rescaled, of course.)

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