Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Plain Squares Turtle Back Band lampshade
Object Number:
N84.17.1
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Medium:
Glass, bronze
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1434"
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. Shown with gilt bronze table lamp base with squared stem and circular platform (N84.66.2) and with cap (N84.17.3).
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
