Imperial Excelsior Gas Ranges.
A 1905 trade catalogue of Imperial Excelsior gas ranges issued by Isaac A. Shepard & Co. of Philadelphia for plumbers, dealers and householders buying kitchen equipment. Halftone plates show cast-iron stoves in three-quarter view, their doors and bases covered in scrolled relief foliage, with oval maker's nameplates, gridded burner tops, pipe runs and side shelves usable as ornament, lettering panels or silhouettes.
