4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2019.

Dragonfly Library Lamp

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

Designer Clara Driscoll (shade) (American, 1861-1944)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1905

MediumLeaded glass with bronze base

DimensionsOverall: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 22 in. (55.9 cm)

InscribedImpressed in leading above one dragonflies wing: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1507". Base is impressed on bottom: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NY 443".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8123

Collections

Glass Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 43

Label TextClara Driscoll, designer American, 1861–1944 Tiffany Studios New York, 1902–1932 Dragonfly Library Lamp, ca. 1905 Leaded glass with bronze base Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.8123 Exhibition History"Art Nouveau: Sources and Cities, 1890-1914," National Gallery of Art, Oct. 8, 2000 - Jan. 28, 2001. (Exhib. cat. no. 337). "Work of the Month," Chrysler Museum of Art, Tiffany Glass Gallery, June 2001. "The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012.Published ReferencesJohnson. _American Art Nouveau_. #145, ill. Paul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978, #195. Elizabeth Wylie and Sheldon Cheek. _The Art of Stained and Decorative Glass_. New York, Todtri Productions Limited, 1997, 106-107, back cover jacket. Joe Porcelli. _Stained Glass Jewels of Light_. New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc., 1998 p. 64-65 Wendy Wick Reaves. _The Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914: "Louis Comfort Tiffany"_. Macmillan Reference Ltd. 1999: 503-504. Paul Greenhalgh. _Art Nouveau: 1890-1914_. London: Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A Publications). 2000: p. 478, no. 337. National Gallery of Art Educational Video in conjunction with the exhibition:. _Art Nouveau, 1890-1914_. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art. Exhibition open 10/8/2000-1/28/2001. Sherrill Whitson and Stanley Abercrombie, _Interior Design & Decoration_ 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002), 537, ill. Martha Drexler Lynn, _American Studio Glass, 1960-1990_ (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2004), 6. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 122-123.