Tiffany Studios New York "Moorish" Prism Chandelier

A Tiffany Studios New York glass and bronze "Moorish" prism chandelier, featuring fifteen gold iridescent glass "Prisms" suspended from an intricately sculpted and pierced patinated bronze heat cap. The design of the heat cap is inspired by the cypress tree motif that graces the tiles of Topkapi Palace, a magnificent palace built during the golden age of the Ottoman Empire. Tiffany incorporated this same cypress tree pattern into the wall decor of his renowned Laurelton Hall Fountain Court. Each prism shimmers with great transparency, mesmerizing with its iridescence and chains with alternating chain links and bronze spheres highlighting each chain. Tiffany wrote extensively on the prismatic color theory in the Scientific American— his conceptual understanding derived from Isaac Newton’s book “Optics.” Newton had famously proved that white light consisted of a miscellany of colors using his prism experiment. Late nineteenth century publications suggested that amateur scientists use chandelier prisms to try Newton’s experiment at home. As a man of the modern age, Tiffany believed that science and art must cofunction for the greatest effect. With custom made Tiffany style reproduction chain and canopy.