Turtleback Reading Lamp
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902)
c. 1895–1902
- Medium
- Favrile glass, bronze
- Classification
- Lamp
- Dimensions
- Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.); Diameter of top: 35.6 x 21.6 cm (14 x 8 1/2 in.); Diameter of base: 35.6 x 15.2 cm (14 x 6 in.)
- Culture
- America, New York
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Bequest of Charles Maurer
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
By 1900 Louis Comfort Tiffany had expanded his empire by increasing the firm’s production of “fancy goods,” including inkstands, candlesticks, clocks, small boxes, desk sets, tea screens, and other functional objects, such as this small reading lamp for a desk. These smaller, more affordable luxury items were designed with as much thought to artistry as the great stained glass windows and table lamps through which the firm enjoyed unrivaled success.
