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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp Base
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp Base

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1913
MediumCast bronze
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 in. (47.7 cm)
Base: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
InscribedImpressed: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 337" on bottom of base.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.8125
Not on view
DescriptionThis is the base of the Heavy Ribs Reading Lamp (71.8126). Base has a dark green patina and is in the "Mushroom" pattern. The ribbed and undulating platform simulates the gills of a mushroom. Three short, curved bronze tubes with light sockets are connected to the bulbous top section of the stem. The dome-shaped finial is formed by twelve radiating ribs with triangular openings between the ribs.

Exhibition History"By Popular Demand: Your Selections, Your Gallery," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 31, 2014.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum of Art, 1978, #193.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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