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

Pond Lily 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:

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 this lamp's dark blooms of the pond lily in a swampy landscape, became a hallmark of Tiffany's Art Nouveau design. It won a grand prize for Tiffany Studios at the 1902 international exposition in Turin, Italy.

Object facts

• Title: Pond Lily Table Lamp
• Date: c. 1902–10
• Creator attribution: Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Lamp
• Technique: Favrile glass, bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 53.3 cm (21 in.); Diameter of base: 53.3 x 23.5 cm (21 x 9 1/4 in.); Width at top: 53.3 x 35.6 cm (21 x 14 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2018.285

A detail from the museum

The dawn of electricity made this lamp possible, transforming a work of sculpture into a useful object.

Collection credit

Bequest of Charles Maurer

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