Tiffany Studios New York "Snowball Hydrangea" Floor Lamp
A Tiffany Studios New York "Snowball Hydrangea" leaded glass domed shade with an irregular border. The shade comprises an abundance of white hued blossoms amidst mottled green leaves with a blue sky peering through the branches, sits atop a "Scroll" Senior patinated bronze floor base. The Hydrangea shade represents a major breakthrough for Tiffany Studios. For the first time, Tiffany allowed the contour of the plant to determine the actual shape of the shade. A light camouflaged by flowers now became flowers brought to life through light. The shade adorns a finial cap.
Item #: L-22446
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Dimensions: 24" diameter, 79" height.
Materials: Leaded Glass, Patinated Bronze
Shade Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 1538-16
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 376
Provenance: From the Collection of Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman
Exhibition History: Boca Raton Museum of Art: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry in Glass, The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection 2007
Literature: This shade is pictured in: Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. plate 23. A similar base is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988. base: p. 200, plate 777 and a similar shade on p. 209, plate 813. Also pictured in The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, by William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983, p. 72.
Item #: L-22446
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Dimensions: 24" diameter, 79" height.
Materials: Leaded Glass, Patinated Bronze
Shade Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 1538-16
Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York 376
Provenance: From the Collection of Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman
Exhibition History: Boca Raton Museum of Art: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artistry in Glass, The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection 2007
Literature: This shade is pictured in: Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. plate 23. A similar base is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988. base: p. 200, plate 777 and a similar shade on p. 209, plate 813. Also pictured in The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, by William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983, p. 72.
For his "Snowball Hydrangea'' Chandelier, Tiffany drew upon his love of the white hydrangeas that flourished in his garden and in masses of terracotta pots in the main interior rooms at his Long Island garden estate "Laurelton Hall." A vase of hydrangeas always lay next to his Steinway piano, which he admired as he played a repertoire of classical tunes. The Hydrangea is best known as the official flower of Long Island. Growing naturally on the banks of streams in narrow forested ravines and wooded slopes, its waxy leaves rebuffed the brisk winds of the coastal clime, adorning many a Gilded age mansion.
For his "Snowball Hydrangea'' Chandelier, Tiffany drew upon his love of the white hydrangeas that flourished in his garden and in masses of terracotta pots in the main interior rooms at his Long Island garden estate "Laurelton Hall." A vase of hydrangeas always lay next to his Steinway piano, which he admired as he played a repertoire of classical tunes. The Hydrangea is best known as the official flower of Long Island. Growing naturally on the banks of streams in narrow forested ravines and wooded slopes, its waxy leaves rebuffed the brisk winds of the coastal clime, adorning many a Gilded age mansion.
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