New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Lotus Pagoda Lamp Shade and Base

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Date1906-1910

MediumLeaded glass and bronze

DimensionsOverall, Rim: 26 in. (66 cm)
Overall: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

InscribedImpressed on base: "TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/374".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8124

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 41

DescriptionLotus pagoda lamp shade & bronze base. SHADE: Shade is ribbed & reinforced. Green center & pale pink towards rim. BASE: Bronze base. Electric lamp. Narrow ribbed stem. Flat circular base. Under bulge. With 3 narrow "branches" from the single 16.5" stem with bulge at base. Top holds electric fixture of 6 curving outlets for small bulbs.

Label TextTiffany Studios Corona, New York Lotus Pagoda Lamp Shade And Base, 1906-10 Colored glass assembled with copper foil; cast bronze base and finial Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.8124 Calling attention to this lamp, a Tiffany Studios advertising pamphlet of about 1903 noted; "One design which possesses striking individuality has the lotus leaf for a shade, on a bronze base straight and severely classical, while the ridge-like effect and delicate veins of the leaf are traced in the glass with faithful detail." Electric lamp with pagoda lotus leaf shade and dodge library stand. Published ReferencesDuncan, TIFFANY AT AUCTION, #185. Paul E. Doros, _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1978) 125, #192.