Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Crown" table lamp
Object Number:
N84.35.1
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Medium:
Bronze, glass
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 20 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (52.7 × 31.8 cm)
Marks:
stamped on metal tag inside crown: "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze and leaded glass "Crown" table lampshade consists of a jewel-studded crown shade; top of shade formed of rows of golden glass rectangles with round yellow turtleback embedded at top center; upper and lower edges of crown have rows of white pearls; central area contains red, blue, and yellow stones in diversified geometric patterns. Shown with cast bronze tripod base (N84.35.2) with three winged sphinx supports resting on stylized animal legs; hooves rest on triangular platform; scrollwork connects three sphinxes to central ring.
Gallery Label:
This lamp may have been a special order or an experimental effort of Tiffany Studios.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Provenance:
Lillian Nassau
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
