Spider and Web Table Lamp
maker Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
c. 1902–20
- Medium
- Leaded glass, bronze
- Classification
- Lamp
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.); Overall: 45 cm (17 11/16 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
The dawn of the 20th century spurred fresh approaches to design. Louis Comfort Tiffany’s great contribution to this new art movement, termed the Art Nouveau, was not only the shimmering iridescence of his Favrile glass but also the naturalistic compositions of his lamps and windows, which brought him commercial and critical success in both Europe and America. Symbolic themes, such as the lurking spider in his web of this lamp, were a hallmark of Tiffany's Art Nouveau design.
