Table Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze, glass, and lead
DATES
ca. 1906–1938
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 26 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (66 x 46 x 46 cm)
Diameter of base: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on bottom of base: "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / 363"
Impressed on inside of rim along bottom edge of shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1474-60"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
77.86.7
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table lamp, bronze with leaded, stained glass shade. Lamp is supported on four feet connected to round base made up of twelve flower-like forms that continue upwards creating reeded shaft which terminates in bulbous leaf design with reeded top. Three electrical sockets on curved arms project above lamp on a bulbous shaft which holds shade. Shade is dome-shaped, predominantly green glass, and is held by a perforated round bronze cap with small knob finial; bottom consists of band of five rows of small rectangular pieces, central portion contains design of acorns and oak leaves, acorns are reddish color, leaves and background in shades of green, top of dome has band of four rows of square pieces of green narrowing course by course toward the center of dome which is an open ring that holds bronze cap.
CONDITION: Good, normal wear.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Tiffany Studios (1902–1932). Table Lamp, ca. 1906–1938. Bronze, glass, and lead, Overall: 26 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (66 x 46 x 46 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, 77.86.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 77.86.7_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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