Spider and Web Table Lamp (c. 1902–20): Art, History and Details

Spider and Web Table Lamp (c. 1902–20) 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 the lurking spider in his web of this lamp, were a hallmark of Tiffany's Art Nouveau design.

Object facts

• Title: Spider and Web Table Lamp
• Date: c. 1902–20
• Creator attribution: Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Lamp
• Technique: Leaded glass, bronze
• Dimensions: Diameter: 38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.); Overall: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2018.277

A detail from the museum

The base of this lamp resembles an upturned mushroom.

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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