Tiffany Studios New York "Crocus" Table Lamp
This Tiffany Studios New York "Crocus" leaded glass and patinated bronze table lamp features a dynamic bouquet of deep amber-, red-, gold-, and yellow-hued crocus blossoms in various stages of bloom against a sunset ground. The stunning shade sits atop a four-footed "Pineapple" base, decorated with green glass cabochons.
- Product Details
- Curator's Notes
Item #: L-16943
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Circa: 1905
Dimensions: 16" diameter (shade), 22" height (full lamp with base)
Materials: Leaded glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: “Tiffany Studios New York”
Base Signed: “Tiffany Studios New York 28610”
Literature: Similar base and shade pictured in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988 (shade: p. 137, plate 575; base: p. 64, plate 247)
Both the shade and the base of the this lamp are notably unique in their design; the shade features one of the only examples of downward facing floral arrangements, pleasantly disorienting the storied Tiffany lover, while the "Pineapple" base offers some of the more technically-advanced examples of glass manufacture in Louis Comfort Tiffany's designs.