Lamp

Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)

Dateca. 1912

MediumGlass shade with bronze base

DimensionsOverall: 23 × 16 inches (58.4 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

Credit LineGift of Isabel and William Berley, Classes of 1947 and 1945

Terms

Decorative Arts
American

Object number99.078.152

Label CopyOn April 6, 1899, Clara Driscoll wrote, “This dragon fly lamp is an idea that I had last summer and which Alice [Gouvy] worked out on a plaster mould. . . . After she had made the drawing on this plaster mould I took it in hand and we worked and worked on it till the cost built up at such a rate that they had to mark it $250.00 when it was finished.” Arguably one of the most popular of the Tiffany lampshade designs, it won the Gran Prix at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. (“JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876–1970," curated by Nancy E. Green and presented at the Johnson Museum August 27–December 18, 2016)

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