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Lotus (or Water-lily) table lamp, 1904–15
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) American
Tiffany Studios (1902–1938)
Leaded Favrile glass with bronze base,
H. 26 1/2 in. base; 14 5/8 in. shade (67.3; 37.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Grant,
1974 (1974.214.15a,b)
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This is one of Tiffany's most effective floral lamps, with its
subtly toned buds and blossoms cascading from the shade crown to
its irregular border formed by creamy color-tinged petals. A variety
of glass was used to replicate the color and texture of both the
flower and the watery bog, seen in the translucent rippled blue
glass between the pink opalescent stems. The organic character of
the lamp is accentuated by the bronze support, which replicates
broad, flat lily pads clustered around a base with climbing stems
that disappear into the blossomed shade.
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