Description
This Tiffany Studios “Geometric” leaded glass and bronze table lamp is marked by enticing color and orderly structure. It features a globe shade comprised of green and gold favrile glass in a geometric arrangement resembling an array of bricks. While the pattern is highly structured, the glass tiles’ subtle color gradient and iridescence lend a softness to the design. The shade rests on an original patinated bronze lion’s paw base.
Louis Comfort Tiffany is internationally recognized as a master of the American decorative arts. Considered to be the driving force behind the Art Nouveau style in America, Tiffany worked in nearly every decorative medium imaginable, but his glass creations are his greatest legacy. This incredible example shows the firm’s astonishing ability to combine whimsy and refinement, resulting in a unique glass lamp that is a functional work of art.
This shade is pictured in Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, 2007, p. 159, no. 656. The base is also pictured p. 82, no. 316. A similar shade is pictured in Hugh F. McKean’s The “Lost” Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1980, p. 198, no. 195.
Circa 1910
Shade impressed “Tiffany Studios/New York”
Base impressed “Tiffany Studios/New York/391″
22″ diameter x 29 1/2” height (74.93 x 55.88 cm)
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