Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Colonial lamp
Object Number:
N84.25.1
Date:
ca. 1910-1913
Medium:
Glass, bronze
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1564"
Description:
Leaded glass and bronze table lamp with "Colonial" lampshade; domed shade with flaring rim; shade has quadrangular pieces of orange-yellow glass on upper half and interlocking curves on lower half, separated by a belt of green ellipses and diamonds; rows of mottled brown glass above and below belt and at lower rim. Shown on bronze "Roman" base (N84.89.2), with cap (N84.25.3).
Gallery Label:
This shade, listed as "Colonial, Flaring," on the Tiffany Studios' price list, was first offered in 1910 for $100 and reduced to $75 by 1913.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
