Accession # |
2005.4a-c |
Artist |
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company
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Title |
Lamp |
Date |
ca. 1885 |
Medium |
Silver-plate, other metals, glass |
Dimensions |
17 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (43.5 x 23.8 x 16.5 cm) |
Credit Line |
Gift of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch and Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland, by exchange |
Location |
Visible Storage: Case 22, Shelf H (Silver)
|
Description |
Round lamp with flattened upper surface and thin cylindrical neck. Decorated with die-rolled Japanese-inspired fans, paper lanterns, bamboo, and various geometric reserves. Two seated Asian male figures, modeled in the round, each holding a fan, adorn opposing sides of the body which is raised on four fully modled mice. Round glass globe etched in Japanese taste sits on circular pedestal above neck and around skinnier cylindrical glass part. |