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DEACESSIONED February 28, 2013
"Zodiac" table lamp with "Linenfold" shade
about 1900–30
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Leaded glass, gilded bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 39.4 x 27.3 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Other (Shade): 27.3 x 12.7 cm (10 3/4 x 5 in.)
Other (Shade): 27.3 x 12.7 cm (10 3/4 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Charlotte Whitney
Accession Number1975.697
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionBase is gilded bronze, slightly domed with four small tab feet; base and stem decorated with low relief designs of Zodiac figures intertwined in rope/swirl pattern; hourglass motif pinched in about half-way up; two curved arms spread horizontally from top of base to hold light bulbs; shade is six-sided, leaded opalescent dome with many intermediary facets
Marks
On base: "Tiffany Studios / New York / 537"
On shade: "Tiffany Studios NY 1587"
On shade: "Tiffany Studios NY 1587"
ProvenanceBequest of Miss Charlotte Whitney, November 12, 1975; February 23, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Doyle's, New York.
(Accession Date: November 12, 1975; Deaccession Date: February 23, 2013)
(Accession Date: November 12, 1975; Deaccession Date: February 23, 2013)