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Twelve-Light Drop-Cluster Pond Lily Table Lamp

Artist Maud Russell Lorraine Freschel (American, 1867 - 1949)

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1906

MediumPatinated bronze and leaded glass

DimensionsOverall: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Base: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

InscribedImpressed on bottom: "TIFFANY STUDIOS, N.Y./11417".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8145

Not on view

DescriptionTwelve light drop cluster pond lily lamp of cast bronze. Green patinated lily pad and bud base with 12 stems. "Drop cluster lily" each electrified for small bulbs & lily shades. Displayed with gold iridescent shades. See also 12-branch floor lily, 71.8122, and 18-branch table lily 0.2391. Shades 0.913, GAT.82.7a-c per NOM 4/14/88.

Label TextMaud Russell Lorraine Freschel American, 1867–1949 Twelve-Light Drop-Cluster Pond Lily Table Lamp, ca. 1906 Patinated bronze and leaded glass by Tiffany Studios, Corona, New York Many of Tiffany’s finest designs were inspired by floral and garden scenes. In this Pond Lily Table Lamp, nature provides more direct inspiration. The entire structure of the object participates in the plant-based design, from the glass flowers, down the bouquet of stems, to the base of sculpted bronze lily pads. Claude Monet had been painting water lilies since 1889, and in 1893 he added a lily pond to his garden in Giverny. Monet’s paintings may have added to the tremendous popularity of this lamp design in both America and Europe. Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.8145 Exhibition History"The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 16 - September 6, 2015.