Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plain Squares Turtle Back Band Lamp shade
Object name
Plain Squares Turtle Back Band Lamp shade
Date
c. 1900-1906
Medium
Glass, bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/4 x 16 in. ( 15.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description
Curved glass "plain squares, turtle back band" shade, composed of geometric arrangement of mottled green glass with band of 20 green iridescent turtlebacks which circle the shade.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Object Number
N84.17
Marks
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1434"
Gallery Label
"Turtlebacks" are irregularly shaped tiles of pressed iridescent glass. Jimmy Stewart, a Tiffany Studios glass blower from 1895 to 1928, operated the tile presses, turning out 200 turtlebacks an hour on a good day. This shade, referred to as "16" Plain squares, Turtle Back Band, dome" listed for $50 in 1906.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
