Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Cast bronze, opalescent glass
DATES
ca. 1900
DIMENSIONS
Base: 11 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (30 x 15.9 x 13 cm)
Globe: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (12.1 x 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On bottom of base, impressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / 28c35"; below a cipher incorporating initials "GDTCO"
On inner upper rim of globe, incised "L.C.T."
On both sides of switch, molded "G.E.Co."
On plug, molded "GILBERT / UL [in circle] / PAT. PEND."
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
72.15
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Frank Sanders, Jr.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Swing desk or table lamp, brown-green patinated cast bronze, with gold-green opalescent glass shade. Elongated oval frame terminating in splayed florettes at circular, domed base and pinched at top by a pin terminating in florettes holding a rotating bell-shaped socket in two pieces screwed together, ending in a disc with rectangular cutouts and three screws holding the short outwardly flaring neck of a tulip-shaped shade with unevenly scalloped lower rim. Flat rectangular black plastic electrical switch on socket. Green silk-wrapped electrical cord from base with brown plastic plug.
CONDITION: Base: very good, minor scratches on bottom due to normal wear. Globe: very good, minor wearing on bottom rim, very small chips on outer top rim. Electrical cord: extremely frayed at connection to base, repaired in midsection, normal wear throughout its length increasing at plug that has been replaced.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Tiffany Studios (1902â1932). Lamp, ca. 1900. Cast bronze, opalescent glass, Base: 11 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (30 x 15.9 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank Sanders, Jr., 72.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 72.15_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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