A TWELVE-LIGHT LILY FAVRILE GLASS AND BRONZE FLOOR LAMP

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A TWELVE-LIGHT LILY FAVRILE GLASS AND BRONZE FLOOR LAMP
BY TIFFANY STUDIOS

Consisting of twelve iridescent gold glass shades supported by twelve intertwined bronze stems on a layered lily pad base with rich green-brown patina, eight shades engraved L.C.T. Favrile, the base stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 685
56½in. (143.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Tiffany was awarded a grand prize at the Turin Exhibition in 1902 for his lily-cluster design with morning-glory shades. The original design consisted of eighteen bulbs; however, the shape was adapted to bronze and gilt-bronze lamps that accommodated three to twenty bulbs and was available in table and floor variations. The model was quite popular in both Europe and American. See Die Ausstellung Zu Turin in Moderne Dekorative Kunst, 1902 for illustration of a lily-cluster table lamp exhibited at the Turin Exhibition in 1902; Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany, Rebel in Glass, Crown Publisher's, Inc., New York, 1964, p. 134 for discussion of the design.