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Wisteria Lamp
Designer:
Clara Driscoll
(American, 1861-1944)
Manufacturer:
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
(American, 1892 - 1902)
Date: ca. 1901
Medium: Leaded glass with bronze base
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 18 in. (63.5 x 45.7 cm)
Base: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number: 71.6932
Terms
- Tree
- Wisteria
- Wisteria
- Blue
- White
- Green
- Purple
- Brown
- Yellow
- Bronze
- Violet
- Orange-brown
- New York
In Collection(s)
On view
DescriptionThe simple bronze base, which is in the "Tree" pattern, has a green and brown finish and a four light cluster. An intricate network of bronze branches creates a crown for the shade. Several of the thicker branches descend to the middle of the shade and are surrounded by leaves of green glass streaked with yellow, white and orange-brown. Columns of flowers reach from the crown to the irregular border. The flowers alternate between clusters of blue streaked with violet and purple and clusters of white with pastel blue streaks.
The shade was designed by Clara Driscoll.
Exhibition HistoryMetropolitan Museum of Art, "Centennial Exhibit," 1976.
"Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.
"Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.
Label textClara Driscoll, designer
American, 1861–1944
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co.
New York, 1892–1902
Wisteria Lamp, ca. 1901
Leaded glass with bronze base
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6932
American, 1861–1944
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co.
New York, 1892–1902
Wisteria Lamp, ca. 1901
Leaded glass with bronze base
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6932
Published References
Joe Porcelli. _Stained Glass Jewels of Light_. New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc., 1998, 104
Nancy O. Merrill. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1989, #245.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. _Centennial Exhibit Catalog_. 1976, ill., #265.
Feldstein & Duncan. _The Lamps of the Tiffany Studios_. 36.
_Woman's Day_. Aug. 1964, ill.
Paul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978, #194.
Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 143, fig. 180. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1