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

Oriental Poppy Table Lamp (c. 1902–10) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32).

The work and its context

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

In the 1870s a renewed emphasis on natural landscapes ushered in a generation of cottage gardeners who delighted in planting perennials in large quantities. Louis Comfort Tiffany was among those who championed the lush, sometimes wild-looking displays of varied floral species in the garden at his Long Island estate, Laurelton Hall. Tiffany 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 patterns for lamps and mosaics based on the colorful blooms of spring that became among the most sought after and commercially successful of Tiffany’s production.

Object facts

• Title: Oriental Poppy Table Lamp
• Date: c. 1902–10
• Creator attribution: Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Lamp
• Technique: Leaded glass, gilt bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.); Diameter: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2018.262

A detail from the museum

Louis Comfort Tiffany sold many shades in standardized sizes and shapes so that they could be interchangeable, such as this combination of a poppy shade on an iris base.

Collection credit

Bequest of Charles Maurer

Further reading listed by the museum

• Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.

View the collection record

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