Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ), 1732/40-1836
1796
1867.314
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Grape Hanging shade
Object name
Grape Hanging shade
Date
c. 1900-1906
Medium
Glass, bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 30 in. ( 30.5 x 76.2 cm )
Description
Leaded glass and bronze "Grape" hanging shade; 30" diameter twelve-sided cone-shaped shade with grape design repeated four times; trellis of "wood" slats rendered in grained and striated brown glass; yellow green background; clusters of red, blue and purple grapes rendered in textured and stippled glass. Lacks fittings for hanging.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Object Number
N84.60
Marks
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK"
Gallery Label
This shade blends creativity and craftsmanship in depicting the gradual ripening of grapes on a vine. Beginning small and green, the grapes become larger and more purple as the ripen.
Provenance
Matthew Weissman, Cross Country Antiques, 1968
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.