Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Wisteria Lamp

Designer Clara Driscoll (American, 1861-1944)

Manufacturer Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892 - 1902)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1901

MediumLeaded glass with bronze base

DimensionsOverall: 25 x 18 in. (63.5 x 45.7 cm)
Base: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

InscribedShade marked "3" on center post. Impressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1073" on bottom of base and "1073" on top of stem. Impressed "1073" on stem of shade.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6932

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 45

DescriptionThe simple bronze base, which is in the "Tree" pattern, has a green and brown finish and a four light cluster. An intricate network of bronze branches creates a crown for the shade. Several of the thicker branches descend to the middle of the shade and are surrounded by leaves of green glass streaked with yellow, white and orange-brown. Columns of flowers reach from the crown to the irregular border. The flowers alternate between clusters of blue streaked with violet and purple and clusters of white with pastel blue streaks. The shade was designed by Clara Driscoll.
Label TextClara Driscoll, designer American, 1861–1944 Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. New York, 1892–1902 Wisteria Lamp, ca. 1901 Leaded glass with bronze base Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6932 Exhibition HistoryMetropolitan Museum of Art, "Centennial Exhibit," 1976. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.Published ReferencesJoe Porcelli. _Stained Glass Jewels of Light_. New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc., 1998, 104 Nancy O. Merrill. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1989, #245. Metropolitan Museum of Art. _Centennial Exhibit Catalog_. 1976, ill., #265. Feldstein & Duncan. _The Lamps of the Tiffany Studios_. 36. _Woman's Day_. Aug. 1964, ill. Paul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1978, #194. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 143, fig. 180. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1