Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Table lamp
Object name
Table lamp
Date
ca. 1900-1906
Medium
Glass, bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 22 3/4 x 18 in. ( 57.8 x 45.7 cm )
Description
Leaded glass and bronze "Gentian Blossom" table lamp; domed shade with cylindrical top and flaring lower rim; shade has background of white fractured glass, and main design of 16 blue and green floral stalks each enclosed in a Gothic arch; flaring apron has row of uncut green gems. "Indian Hookah" bronze base with floral stalks and Gothic arches of shade on circular platform and tapering octagonal stem.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Object Number
N84.29
Marks
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK"
Gallery Label
This shade is made almost entirely of confetti glass, a Tiffany Studios innovation created by pressing small flat splinters or flakes of differently colored glass upon the surface of semi-soft sheet glass. The shade appears on Tiffany Studios' 1906 price list as "Gentian Blossom, convential [sic] jeweled, flat."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
