A VINTAGE E.S.L.A 'BI-MULTI' MIRRORED DIRECTIONAL STREET LAN...

A VINTAGE E.S.L.A 'BI-MULTI' MIRRORED DIRECTIONAL STREET LANTERN CIRCA 1925 the fan form mirrored shade mounted on a scrolling swan neck arm, raised on a Corinthian form fluted cast-iron post Approx. 2.6 metres high N.B-The Bi-Multi, the first wing-type lantern, was invented in 1923 by Haydn Harrison. Unable to find a manufacturer for his new lantern, he approached schoolfriend Herbert Biggleston who owned a foundry in Canterbury. Electrical Street Lighting Apparatus (ESLA) was founded shortly afterwards. Other manufacturers were making over complex, multiple part frame-type lanterns. Harrison's genius was to simply remove all the complexity and reduce a lantern to a bulb, focusing mechanism and simple reflective optical system. The original Bi-Multi was made in many variants, each characterized by different number of wings and different beam angles. This allowed lighting engineers to select lanterns for specific sections of road, especially for bends, dead-ends and road junctions. Please note that this lot is only available to view at the vendor's property, on selected days and times. Collection of the item will be on the same basis. Please contact our office for further details if you are interested

Estimación:€235.68

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