Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze, opalescent glass
DATES
1905–1938
DIMENSIONS
Lamp: 13 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (34.3 x 14.3 cm)
Shade: 4 1/4 x 7 in. (10.8 x 17.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On bottom of base: "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / 419"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
77.86.5
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bronze desk lamp with opalescent or "Favrile" glass shade. Round button-like feet support round domed base with deep decorative vertical lines converging at top of dome. Shaft emanates from dome and splits into round form that creates holder for shade. Light socket descends from top of round form and is held by two decorative round pins, and has lip that holds shade with three small pins. Shade is dome-shaped, blown opalescent or "Favrile" glass in iridescent blue-green with strong horizontal wave-like lines. Dome terminates in lip that is used to hold shade to lamp.
CONDITION: General wear, socket worn.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Tiffany Studios (1902–1932). Lamp, 1905–1938. Bronze, opalescent glass, Lamp: 13 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (34.3 x 14.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, 77.86.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 77.86.5_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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