Tiffany Studios New York "Wisteria" Table Lamp

This remarkable Tiffany Studios New York "Wisteria" table lamp is a very fine and unusually rare lamp, composed of a palette of wisteria blossoms in shades of blue, blue-purple, cream that cascade down the shade to an irregular border. The blossoms are surrounded by abundant leaves in varying shades of green and are delicately interspersed with "mottled" glass, lending them added three-dimensionality. The shade has a latticework top, portraying the branches and stems of a wisteria vine. The base, designed specifically to hold the shade, is also embellished with vegetal, vine-like properties.
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Product Details

Item #: L-20846
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1902
Dimensions: 18.5" diameter x 27" height
Materials: Leaded glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: Interior of shade crown impressed 27770 and 3
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 27770 and top of tree trunk column impressed 3
Literature: R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. v., p. 187 Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 215-220 R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, pp. 125 (for a period illustration), 131, 132 (base) J. Purtell, The Tiffany Touch, New York, 1971, p. 131 P. Doros, Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum, Richmond, 1978, pp. 126-127, no. 194 H. F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, p. 191 A. Duncan, Tiffany Windows, New York, 1980, p. 69 (for a period photograph of the workshop with this model illustrated) A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 89, no. 238 A. Duncan and W. Feldstein, Jr., The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 36-37 T. Paul, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1987, p. 94 A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 106 M. May, Great Art Glass Lamps: Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberley, Pairpoint, and Handel, Atglen, 2003, p. 40 A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 292-293 C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Lights: 1879-1959, Cologne, 2005, pp. 90-91 M. Johnson, Louis Comfort Tiffany Artist for the Ages, London, 2005, p. 186, no. 92 M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 106-107

Item #: L-20846
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1902
Dimensions: 18.5" diameter x 27" height
Materials: Leaded glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: Interior of shade crown impressed 27770 and 3
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 27770 and top of tree trunk column impressed 3
Literature: R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. v., p. 187 Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 215-220 R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, pp. 125 (for a period illustration), 131, 132 (base) J. Purtell, The Tiffany Touch, New York, 1971, p. 131 P. Doros, Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum, Richmond, 1978, pp. 126-127, no. 194 H. F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, p. 191 A. Duncan, Tiffany Windows, New York, 1980, p. 69 (for a period photograph of the workshop with this model illustrated) A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 89, no. 238 A. Duncan and W. Feldstein, Jr., The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 36-37 T. Paul, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1987, p. 94 A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 106 M. May, Great Art Glass Lamps: Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberley, Pairpoint, and Handel, Atglen, 2003, p. 40 A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 292-293 C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Lights: 1879-1959, Cologne, 2005, pp. 90-91 M. Johnson, Louis Comfort Tiffany Artist for the Ages, London, 2005, p. 186, no. 92 M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 106-107

Curator's Notes
Among the rarest, and certainly among, if not the, most sought-after of Louis Comfort Tiffany's creations, the "Wisteria" Lamp is a staple of Tiffany Studios New York texts and exhibitions worldwide. This particular example can be further celebrated for the great depth and dimensionality of its coloring, which complement such features as the irregular border and the open latticework top.
Among the rarest, and certainly among, if not the, most sought-after of Louis Comfort Tiffany's creations, the "Wisteria" Lamp is a staple of Tiffany Studios New York texts and exhibitions worldwide. This particular example can be further celebrated for the great depth and dimensionality of its coloring, which complement such features as the irregular border and the open latticework top.
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