Tiffany Studios New York Favrile Glass Lamp

This rare Tiffany Studios table lamp pairs a gold-lustre Favrile glass shade with an extraordinary reticulated blown-glass “pineapple” base, a combination exhibited at the 1902 Prima Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin. The unusually proportioned thirteen-inch shade features pulled-feather decoration in gold lustre over an amber opalescent ground, achieved using yellow uranium glass iridized with a fine spray of silver nitrate. The shade retains its original heat cap with turn-switch fitting and rests upon a blown-glass base expanded through an openwork bronze framework and supported by four leaf-form feet. Inspired by Venetian glassmaking techniques, the reticulated form represents the culmination of Tiffany’s experiments with blowing molten glass through metal frameworks, transforming the newly emerging technology of electric illumination into a showcase for artistic glass.
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Product Details

Item #: L-22421
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 13" diameter, 25" height.
Materials: Favrile Glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: S7882
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios Monogram - Tiffany Studios New York - 25872
Literature: L'Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs modernes à Turin 1902, Georg Fuchs, Alex Koch, Francis Henry, 1855-1946, Getty Research Institute, p. 273

Item #: L-22421
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 13" diameter, 25" height.
Materials: Favrile Glass, Bronze
Shade Signed: S7882
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios Monogram - Tiffany Studios New York - 25872
Literature: L'Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs modernes à Turin 1902, Georg Fuchs, Alex Koch, Francis Henry, 1855-1946, Getty Research Institute, p. 273

Curator's Notes
Although collectors commonly call this distinctive base the “pineapple,” its bulbous form more closely resembles a pomegranate, a centuries-old symbol of abundance, fertility, and rebirth that appeared prominently in Renaissance and Venetian luxury textiles. Its openwork bronze mount also draws upon Japanese design: the spider-web pattern relates to tsuba, or sword guards, collected by Tiffany and his mentor Edward C. Moore. The lamp therefore brings together Venetian glassmaking, Japanese metalwork, and modern American electricity in a single object—an international synthesis particularly fitting for its exhibition in Turin in 1902.
Although collectors commonly call this distinctive base the “pineapple,” its bulbous form more closely resembles a pomegranate, a centuries-old symbol of abundance, fertility, and rebirth that appeared prominently in Renaissance and Venetian luxury textiles. Its openwork bronze mount also draws upon Japanese design: the spider-web pattern relates to tsuba, or sword guards, collected by Tiffany and his mentor Edward C. Moore. The lamp therefore brings together Venetian glassmaking, Japanese metalwork, and modern American electricity in a single object—an international synthesis particularly fitting for its exhibition in Turin in 1902.
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