Services

ARS provides consultation, restoration and conservation of nineteenth century lighting devices; attention is always paid to original surfaces. Below are photographs of our work.

This sinumbra lamp had typical electrification changes: the burner tube was cut down, the burner components were missing and the feet had been removed. The missing portion of the burner tube was added, leaving the historic fabric intact. Next, the burner components were built and installed, and the joint leaks repaired. Finally, replacement feet were custom turned and attached.

Aurelius Restoration Service has the ability to duplicate nineteenth century style sinumbra tanks, which employed tinplate. Our replacement burner components are custom made and assembled with specialized equipment developed by ARS.

The deflector hole of this solar lamp was enlarged during electrification, and some of the burner components were removed. An insert was carefully machined and installed, and ARS replacement burner parts were added.

This rare, circa 1815 English argand lamp was electrified in the twentieth century; typically, the original burner components were discarded during that process. Based on careful research and discussions with lighting scholars, ARS reproduced the gallery, chimney collar, burner components, and drip cup, bringing this device back to life.

This important argand fixture seemed a “lost cause”: one of the arms was detached; both feeder tubes had pinhole corrosion; and the burner components were missing principal parts, including the shade rings. ARS carried out the appropriate repairs, and today, this lighting device is fully operational.

ARS has the ability to make specialty items. Here, the client needed wall bracket holders for drapery tiebacks, and they were fabricated from a period example.

This is a section of parts fabricated by ARS for use in repairs: (clockwise from top left) machined deflector, cast deflector collar, sinumbra chimney collar, reflector, spun deflector, draft tube and spun shade rings.