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Tiffany Studios New York "Jeweled Prism" Table Lamp
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This exquisite Tiffany Studios Jeweled prism lamp features a pierced heat cap adorned with a border of twenty ogival turtleback tiles. The ogival motif, which originated in 11th-century Byzantine textiles, became a prominent design element across Italy, Ottoman Turkey, North Africa, and the Balkans. The pierced and chased decoration on the cap forms an intricate shamsa pattern—an elaborately decorated rosette traditionally found in Islamic manuscripts, carpets, ornamental metalwork, and architectural embellishments like the undersides of domes. Meaning “little sun,” shamsa symbolizes the unity of God in Islam.
Descending from the heat cap, each golden prism shimmers with remarkable transparency, casting an iridescent glow. No two prisms are alike, creating a watercolor-like effect that shifts from pale yellow to green to orange, with hints of blue. Tiffany’s fascination with prismatic color theory, inspired by Isaac Newton’s Opticks, was reflected in his writings for Scientific American. Newton’s famous prism experiment demonstrated that white light comprises a spectrum of colors, and by the late 19th century, amateur scientists were encouraged to replicate it using chandelier prisms. As a man of the modern age, Tiffany believed that science and art must co-function for the greatest effect. The shade is supported by a Jacob’s Ladder base, an elegant structure composed of six ladders with trifid feet resting on a round disk. Named after the biblical vision of a ladder ascending to heaven, as described in the Book of Genesis, the base lends a symbolic dimension to the lamp’s design. The lamp is fitted with three sockets, each operated by a pull chain.
Item #: L-21810
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1905
Dimensions: 19" diameter, 29" height.
Materials: Favrile Glass, Bronze
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 548
Literature: A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 121 no. 516 for the shade p. 124 another example of the base model illustrated p. 107, no. 431.
Curator's Notes:
Tiffany’s inspiration for pierced metal lighting stemmed from the Egyptian fanous, a traditional glass and metal lantern used to illuminate streets and homes during Ramadan. The delicate perforations cast mesmerizing patterns of light and shadow, evoking the ambiance of historic cityscapes. In his early twenties, Tiffany traveled to the mosques and bazaars of Old Cairo, where he was profoundly influenced by Islamic geometric and floriate patterns.
- Creator:Tiffany Studios (Workshop/Studio)
- Dimensions:Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Diameter: 19 in (48.26 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1905
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- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: L-218101stDibs: LU885445250462
Tiffany Studios
The hand-crafted kerosene and early electric lighting fixtures created at Tiffany Studios now rank among the most coveted decorative objects in the world. Tiffany designs of any kind are emblematic of taste and craftsmanship, and Tiffany glass refers to far more than stained-glass windows and decorative glass objects. The iconic multimedia manufactory’s offerings include stained-glass floor lamps, chandeliers and enameled metal vases. The most recognizable and prized of its works are antique Tiffany Studios table lamps.
The name Tiffany generally prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany co-founded the former — Tiffany & Co., one of America’s most prominent purveyors of luxury goods — while his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
Louis was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than join the family business, he studied painting with several teachers, notably the scenic painter Samuel Colman, while spending long periods touring Europe and North Africa. Though he painted his entire career, visits to continental churches sparked a passionate interest in stained glass. Tiffany began experimenting with the material and in 1875 opened a glass factory-cum-laboratory in Corona, Queens — the core of what eventually became Tiffany Studios.
In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. By 1902, along with glass, Tiffany was designing stained-glass lamps and chandeliers as well as enameled metal vases, boxes and bowls, and items such as desk sets and candlesticks. Today such pieces epitomize the rich aesthetics of their era.
The lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis. However, it was actually Clara Driscoll (1861–1944), an Ohio native and head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department for 17 years, who was the genius behind the Tiffany lamps that are most avidly sought by today’s collectors. A permanent gallery of Tiffany lamps at the New-York Historical Society celebrates the anonymous women behind the desirable fixtures.
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Product Details:
Item #: L-21088
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1905
Dimensions: 30" height, 25" diameter
Materials: Favrile Glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 7809 - 7
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 351 S166
Literature: The Lamps of Tiffany Studios by William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, P. 108-109. Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, & Lamps: A Complete Collector’s Guide, by Robert Koch, P. 132, Plate 209. Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, by Alastair Duncan, P. 285. Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An Illustrated Reference to Over 2000 Models, by Alastair Duncan, P. 69. The Lamps of Tiffany, by Dr. Egon Neustadt, Pp 201-204.
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