Turtleback Tile Chandelier

Turtleback Tile Chandelier by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Classification

lighting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Museum purchase through Pam and Tom Gerfen/RMW Acquisition Grant

Accession Number

2018-1-1

About this artwork

Two rows of amber-range iridescent glass "turtleback" medallions surrounded by bronze framewark and interspersed with smaller triangular pieces of glass, all surmounted by flattened onion-domed shaped crown, supporting a ring to which a chain is mounted.

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