Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas

Made:
1950-1951 in Wandsworth
maker:
Ralph Stephenson Lavers

Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1993-1602/3
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
type:
sections
credit:
British Gas. London Research Station

Parts

Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows, with three women at right-hand side: two standing, and one sitting at small table, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 2350 mm x Width = 2965 mm x Depth = 44 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/1
type:
component - object
Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows with palm plant, and one standing woman in Victorian dress from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 2350 mm x Width = 2965 mm x Depth = 44 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/1/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/1
Section illustrating women drinking tea

Section illustrating women drinking tea

Section illustrating one woman standing, with teacup and facing away, a second seated woman pouring tea, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 2350 mm x Width = 2965 mm x Depth = 44 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/1/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/1
Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows

Section illustrating curtained windows, with young woman at left-hand side, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): 2220 mm x 1330 mm x 44 mm, 25 kg
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/2
type:
component - object
Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 1051 mm x Width = 590 mm x Depth = 25 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/3
type:
component - object
Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
glass and steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/3/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/3
Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
glass and steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/3/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/3
Section of Cyclorama illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section of Cyclorama illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand with glass shade, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 1051 mm x Width = 470 mm x Depth = 25 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/4
type:
component - object
Section illustrating room-side lamp stand without glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand without glass shade

Section illustrating room-side lamp stand without glass shade, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): 1510 mm x 470 mm x 25 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/4/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/4
Section illustrating room-side lamp glass shade alone

Section illustrating room-side lamp glass shade alone

Section illustrating room-side lamp glass shade alone, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 150 mm x Width = 330 mm x 15 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/4/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/3/4
Section illustrating the room-centre suspended lamp

Section illustrating the room-centre suspended lamp

Section illustrating the room-centre suspended lamp, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: 1860 – The Lighting of a Victorian Drawing Room by Gas, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall (standing vertically): Height = 850 mm x Width = 380 mm x Depth = 160 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and glass
Object Number:
1993-1602/3/5
type:
component - object

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