Early 20th Century Floor Lamps

This Tiffany Studios New York "Oriental Poppy" leaded glass and patinated bronze floor lamp was designed circa 1913. Surmounted by a bronze cap with hogtail finial and geometric piercing, this shade depicts a profusion of deep red and crimson poppies with intense blue centers and hints of amber pollen on a blue green ground of foliage and blue sky streaked with cloud, while the lower rim is bounded by a high relief rippled green glass border. The poppies are depicted in various stages of development from seed pods, to buds on the verge of opening, to blossoms in full flower, and the effect is realized by the use of mottled, streaked and granite glass in a range of painstakingly chosen hues, tones and degrees of intensity and transparency, resulting in the powerful evocation of a three-dimensional naturalism. The shade is raised on a patinated bronze "Senior" floor base. The lamp is a tour-de-force creation reflecting the combined vision of Louis Tiffany and his women collaborators, working together to express ideals of naturalism and impressionism through the decorative arts. Item #: L-21814 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1910 Dimensions: 26" diameter, 77" height. Materials: Leaded Glass, Bronze Shade Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 24045 Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 376 Literature: Dr. E. Neustadt, Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 36, no. 35 (base model); 160, no. 224 (shade model) R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, New York, 1971, p. 191, nos. 7 (shade and base model), and 8-9 (base model) L. Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1975, p. 181, no. 4 (base model) A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 100, no. 272 (base model); 104, no. 281 (base model); 148, no. 390 (base model); 222, no. 643 (base model); 223, nos. 647 (base model), 648 (shade model) and 649 (base model) P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I, Santa Fe Springs, 2023, pp. 142, no. 5-135 (base model); 179, no. 6-111 (base model); 224, no. 7-114 (base model); 225, no. 7-118 (shade and base model); 260, no. 8-120 (shade and base model); 270, no. 9-18 (base model); 272, no. 9-23 (base model); 276, no. 9-36 (base model); 290, nos. 9-87 and 88 (base model); 294, nos. 9-101 and 102 (base model) A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 227, no. 884 (shade model); 229, nos. 893-895 (base model) Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: With its complex composition and bold pigmentation across the spectrum, the Oriental Poppy lamp...

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