Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Daffodil table lamp
Object Number:
N84.64.1
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Medium:
Glass, bronze
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 23 × 20 in. (58.4 × 50.8 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: \"TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 2106\"
Description:
Leaded glass and bronze "Daffodil" table lampshade; 20" diameter cone-shaped shade depicting multi-colored daffodils in five repeats; daffodil blossoms rendered in deep orange fibrillated glass, petals in bluish-white, stems and leaves yellow-green and blue-green; background glass of rose, mauve, dark blue and orange segments. Bronze table lamp base finished in gold doré; squared central section, each side depicting a stylized iris in low relief; almost-flat platform composed of four half-round extensions. Shown on "Crutch Oval" base (N84.62.2), with cap (N84.46.3).
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt; Adopt-a-Lamp sponsor: The Caroline M. Lowndes Foundation
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
