Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Luce Center
Bamboo table lamp
Object Number:
N84.78.1
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Medium:
Glass, bronze
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 23 × 16 in. (58.4 × 40.6 cm)
Marks:
stamped on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1448"
stamped on underside of base: "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / 8097"
Description:
Leaded glass "Bamboo" table lampshade; 16" diameter globe-shaped shade depicting bamboo stalks and leaves growing alongside a horizontal wire trellis; long tapering leaves rendered in green fibrillated glass with yellow mottling; background of whitish, semi-opaque glass. Integrated "Bamboo" base (N84.78.2) consists of a sectioned main stem supported by eight slimmer reedlike stalks each of which divides into five rootlets, which rise from a round platform. Cap (N84.78.3) made of sixteen reeds radiating from center to periphery; center knob depicts a multitude of seeds.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
