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Poppy table lamp
Leaded glass and bronze "Poppy" table lampshade; 17" diameter cone-shaped shade depicted orange poppies in a motif repeated three times around the shade; poppy petals rendered in orange glass mottled with yellow, purple flower centers, greenish buds; background bluish-green with gray mottling. Metal filigree on leaves applied to underside of leaves and to surface of seed pods. Upper and lower apron rows are rippled orange, with a row of green between. Gilt bronze table lamp base with squared stem and circular platform. Shown on reticulated bronze base with blown green glass (N84.94.2), with cap (N84.66.3).
Poppy shades, like the Dragonfly models, feature a similar system of pierced metal filigree in the blossoms and leaves of the poppy flowers. But while the Dragonfly shade always has the filigree on the outside, the Poppy shades show alternative treatments: the filigree could be placed either in front of or behind the glass (as here), each arrangement giving a slightly different effect.
