A FINE 'ELABORATE GRAPE' LEADED GLASS AND BRONZE TABLE LAMP

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A FINE 'ELABORATE GRAPE' LEADED GLASS AND BRONZE TABLE LAMP
BY TIFFANY STUDIOS

The domed shade with cylindrical sides and irregular lower border, the all-over pattern of pendent grape vines heavily laden with fruit in mottled pale green and opalescent glass shading to mottled emerald green and ochre glass above, the leafage in mottled and fractured pale green glass, all against a clear fractured ground enclosing green and burgundy 'confetti' glass, interspersed with fractured blue glass, the shoulder with mottled and fractured glass in shades of green and violet, crowned with a pierced network of bronze branches extending into the body of the shade, the tree form base with rich green-red patination, stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 6668
27in. (68.6cm.) high, 18½in. (47.0cm.) diameter of shade

拍品專文

This shade features many variants of "fractured" glass which Tiffany produced to create whisps of sky and a hazy atmosphere in these impressionistic botanical compositions. Deep blue "fractured" glass comprises the sky and descends to white, ochre and green grapes and foliage against a polychrome "fractured" ground. The shade is based on the wisteria form lamp which was designed by Mrs. Curtis Freshel.

cf. William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York; Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1983, pp. 148-149; Toyko Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, ed., Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company, Ltd., Tokyo, 1991, fig. 15 for an illustration of this model with different coloration.