Tiffany Studios New York "Lotus Bell" Desk Lamp
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This Tiffany Studios New York leaded glass “Lotus Bell” desk lamp features a beautiful, bell-shaped shade decorated with a cascading geometric design and ombré honey-hued glass tiles. The shade is suspended from a "Harp" patinated bronze base, which has a charming, rounded and deeply striated foot out of which two sinuous arms arise, meeting just above the shade. The top of the shade is attached to a fulcrum with the ability to swivel in either direction, for those who need a little more light in their space.
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- Curator's Notes
Item #: L-19865
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 20.5" height, 15" diameter
Materials: Leaded glass, Patinated bronze
Shade Signed: ''Tiffany Studios New York 422''
Base Signed: ''Tiffany Studios New York 422''
Literature: Similar desk lamp is pictured in Tiffany at Auction, by Alastair Duncan, p. 112, #303; Similar desk lamp also pictured in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, by Alastair Duncan, p. 88, plate #422
This "Lotus Bell" shade combines the two subcategories Tiffany Studios New York lovers and experts generally place lamps within; the floral or the geometric. Though staunchly geometric in the patterning of the shade, the organic shape, mirroring that of a lotus flower, gives this lamp an organic feel as well.