Bamboo Table Lamp (c. 1902–10): Art, History and Details

Bamboo Table Lamp (c. 1902–10) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Louis Comfort Tiffany was among those who championed lush, sometimes wild-looking displays of varied species in the garden at his Long Island estate, Laurelton Hall. He encouraged his designers to take inspiration from his garden by shipping fresh cuttings almost weekly to his studios. Ohio native Clara Wolcott Driscoll and her team of female designers created floral and leafy patterns for lamps and mosaics that became among the most sought after and commercially successful of Tiffany’s production.

Object facts

• Title: Bamboo Table Lamp
• Date: c. 1902–10
• Creator attribution: Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Lamp
• Technique: Leaded glass, bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.); Shade diameter: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2018.265

A detail from the museum

Although many of Louis Comfort Tiffany's lamp shades were interchangeable with different bases, this bamboo shade was made to match its bamboo style base.

Collection credit

Bequest of Charles Maurer

Further reading listed by the museum

• Harrison, Stephen. “Acquisitions 2018: Decorative Art and Design.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 10-12.
• "King Louis". Antique Collecting 58, no. 7 (December/January 2023-24): 36-40.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.