Poppy Filigree Table Lamp
Medium
Leaded glass, blown glass, brass, bronze
Dimensions
height: 58.5 × 42 cm · shade diameter 42 cm
Classification
Lamp
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Charles Maurer
Accession Number
2018.275
Tags
About this artwork
In the 1870s a renewed emphasis on natural landscapes ushered in a generation of cottage gardeners who delighted in planting perennials in large quantities. Louis Comfort Tiffany was among those who championed the lush, sometimes wild-looking displays of varied floral species in the garden at his Long Island estate, Laurelton Hall. Tiffany encouraged his designers to take inspiration from his garden by shipping fresh cuttings almost weekly to his studios. Ohio native Clara Wolcott Driscoll and h...