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Caucus Room Glass Shade

Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”/tiles/collection/4/48053.xml
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Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with ornate designs including a Liberty cap and laurel wreath, and an opening at the top, seen from above/tiles/collection/5/5720.xml
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Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”/tiles/collection/5/5721.xml
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Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Native American head, fasces, and eagles/tiles/collection/5/5722.xml
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Detail of a frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”/tiles/collection/5/5724.xml
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Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”
Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with ornate designs including a Liberty cap and laurel wreath, and an opening at the top, seen from above
Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”
Globe-shaped frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with openings at top and bottom, and designs including a Native American head, fasces, and eagles
Detail of a frosted glass shade for a light fixture, with designs including a Liberty cap, laurel wreath, eagle, and text reading “E Pluribus Unum”
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Date

1908-1930

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm)

Accession Number

2009.201.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This glass shade adorned the lighting fixtures in the Cannon Caucus Room, the most ornately decorated space in the 1908 House Office Building. The sandblasted design includes several motifs seen throughout the Capitol. The Liberty cap, surrounded by a laurel wreath, floats above a spread eagle and the motto “E Pluribus Unum.” This grouping is linked by decorative elements to Roman fasces and the head of an American Indian, symbolizing authority and North America, respectively.

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