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Tiffany Studios New York "Nautilus" Lamp
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A natural form captured masterfully in regular glass paneling, the shade of this Tiffany Studios New York lamp graduates from emerald green to a clean off-white as it unfurls, mimicking the shape of a nautilus shell. The shade tapers significantly as the hue darkens, the outward facing and downward oriented mouth of the shell being nearly twice the breadth of its narrow underside. The base of the lamp is also executed in a wonderful, naturalistic motif, but in this instance a more abstracted one. The bronze form extends upward from a base decorated with the sepals of a flower. A single, undulating stem breaks into two arms which serve to hold the shade.
Signed: "Tiffany Studios New York 25890" with Tiffany monogram
Item #: L-21869
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1905
Dimensions: 6" diameter, 14" height.
Materials: Leaded Glass, bronze
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 28628 with Tiffany monogram
Literature: A similar lamp is pictured in Louis C. Tiffany: Artist for the Ages by Marilynn A. Johnson, London: Scala Publishers, Ltd., 2005, p. 120, cat. no. 21; and in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1988, p. 86, plate 331
Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes:
The shape of the exotic nautilus, found in the western Pacific, has long been the muse of architects, artists, and designers. One only has to look to Grecian columns, to spiral staircases, or to the nautilus cups of the sixteenth century for examples. Louis Comfort Tiffany made his own contribution to this tradition when he patented his design for the Nautilus lampshade on May 2, 1899, as one of his earliest ideas for leaded-glass lampshades.
- Creator:Tiffany Studios (Workshop/Studio)
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Diameter: 6 in (15.24 cm)
- Power Source:Plug-in
- 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-218691stDibs: LU885444338812
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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