id: 93174
accession number: 2018.288
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.288
updated: 2023-08-23 17:56:25.833000
Mushroom Night Lamp, c. 1896–1902. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902), Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932). Favrile glass; overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.); diameter of base: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer 2018.288
title: Mushroom Night Lamp
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creation date: c. 1896–1902
creation date earliest: 1894
creation date latest: 1904
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creditline: Bequest of Charles Maurer
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culture: America, New York, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique: Favrile glass
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Lamp
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CREATORS
* Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902) - maker
* Tiffany Studios (American, New York, 1902–1932) - retailer
American jewelry and glass manufactory, 1902-1932
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measurements: Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.); Diameter of base: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
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inscription: TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/14943
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique
opening date: 2008-10-19T04:00:00
Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).
title: Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
opening date: 2019-10-20T04:00:00
Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 20, 2019-June 14, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Greenwald Antiques, Cleveland, OH)
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Charles Maurer [1929-2016], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–2018
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2018-
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fun fact:
Mushrooms were a popular Art Nouveau motif used throughout Louis Comfort Tiffany's artistic production.
digital description:
This small night lamp is made almost entirely of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. In the 1880s when Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were realized in the development of Favrile glass, deliberately named to sound French, expensive, and “handmade.” Largely through Tiffany's marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; galleries in major European cities, where his creations were bought by many museums; and in his store in Manhattan, known as the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., later Tiffany Studios. From the outset, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps.
wall description:
This small night lamp is made almost entirely of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. In the 1880s when Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were realized in the development of Favrile glass, deliberately named to sound French, expensive, and “handmade.” Largely through Tiffany's marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; galleries in major European cities, where his creations were bought by many museums; and in his store in Manhattan, known as the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., later Tiffany Studios. From the outset, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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.
page number: Reproduced: p. 305; discussed: p. 304; mentioned: p. 340, cat. 288
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IMAGES
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