Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

Dateca. 1913

MediumLeaded glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Base: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8126

Terms

Spider
Multicolored
New York, NY

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DescriptionThis is a Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp shade (for base and finial, see 71.8125), which depicts a spider in his web. A bronze star-like figure surrounds the aperture and six "legs" extend from the points of the star to the middle of the shade. The web is in a geometric pattern of striated glass in shades of blue, green, white, purple, red and chartreuse.

Label TextTiffany Studios New York Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp, ca. 1913 Leaded glass, cast bronze base and finial Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.8126