![Electrolier-MN State Capitol 1910](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Electrolier-MN_State_Capitol_1910.jpg)
Electrolier is a fixture for holding electric
lamp
Lamp, Lamps or LAMP may refer to:
Lighting
* Oil lamp, using an oil-based fuel source
* Kerosene lamp, using kerosene as a fuel
* Electric lamp, or light bulb, a replaceable component that produces light from electricity
* Light fixture, or li ...
s. Normally, the term designates an elaborate light fixture suspended from above, such as a large, multi-bulb
pendant light
A pendant light, sometimes called a drop or suspender, is a lone light fixture that hangs from the ceiling usually suspended by a cord, chain, or metal rod. Pendant lights are often used in multiples, hung in a straight line over kitchen counterto ...
. Additionally, the term is used by architects in the United States to refer to electric
street lights
A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform. When urban electric power distribution ...
or any exterior light fixture mounted on a pole or standard. The word is analogous to
chandelier, from which it was formed.
An example usage of the term is found in Sir
John Betjeman’s poem "The Metropolitan Railway - Baker Street Station Buffet" from his collection "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954):
"Early Electric! With what radiant hope / Men formed this many-branched electrolier, / Twisted the flex around the iron rope / And let the dazzling vacuum globes hang clear, / And then with hearts the rich contrivance fill’d / Of copper, beaten by the Bromsgrove Guild."
Image:Sheffield Town Hall grand staircase.jpg, Electrolier in the Grand Staircase of Sheffield Town Hall, England
File:Electrolier-National FarmersBank-Owatonna-1910.jpg, Electrolier in the National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna
The National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota, United States, is a historic bank building designed by Louis Sullivan, with decorative elements by George Elmslie. It was built in 1908, and was the first of Sullivan's "jewel box" bank designs. ...
, Minnesota Postcard c. 1910
File:1894 Electrolier.JPG, 1894 bronze electrolier with 45 branches in Pullman Memorial Universalist Church
The Pullman Memorial Universalist Church of Albion, New York was constructed in 1894 (dedicated 1895) as a memorial to the parents of inventor and industrialist George Mortimer Pullman. The structure, built of pink Medina sandstone and featurin ...
, Albion, NY
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Light fixtures
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