Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Hanging Shade in form of Potted Plant

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1910

MediumLeaded glass | Bronze | Glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)

InscribedBronze tab impressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK" affixed to border.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.2388

On View

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

DescriptionHanging shade with bronze beading and three hooks attached to the top border. The lower section of the shade is in a geometric pattern composed of olive-green glass with dark green, pastel yellow and pale orange slivers. The upper part has a few heart-shaped green leaves with white striations and pink and white apple blossoms streaked with purple, green, and yellow.

Label TextTiffany Studios Corona, New York Hanging Shade in the Form of Potted Plant, ca. 1910 Colored glass assembled with copper foil Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.2388 The pink and white blossoms of this lamp suggest impatiens--a popular house plant that would indeed spill over the sides of a hanging flower pot. Published ReferencesChrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #197. Neustadt, LAMPS, pg. 86, no. 120, similar.