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Peony Floor Lamp with a Bamboo Base
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated c. 1905–10. Recorded culture or place: America.
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- Museum title
- Peony Floor Lamp with a Bamboo Base
- Date
- c. 1905–10
- Culture / origin
- America
- Materials and technique
- Leaded glass, bronze
- Dimensions
- 157.5 cm (62 in.); Shade diameter: 55.9 cm (22 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2018.267
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Tiffany and his designers brought the garden inside with their floral lamp designs. They also re-created the ever-changing qualities of natural light using the light and dark tonal effects of the glass when illuminated with electric lamps. This night and day version of the Peony shade could be rotated during the day to increase or decrease the amount of light it cast—intense reds for a darker glow at night, lighter pinks during the day.
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