Wisteria Design Lamp, Tiffany

Wisteria Design Lamp was produced by Tiffany & Co. This American luxury Company made glass products in Art Nouveau style in the early 19th century. Tiffany & Co. continues to work in the present century and locates at 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Wisteria Studio lamp produced by Tiffany & Co., designed in the form of a dark lavender-blue flowering plant running perpendicular downwards. Wisteria is a plant with blue and purple flowers that hangs from a pergola during the warmer seasons. The dark-lava coloured lampshade forms the bronze rod and ends up to the vine frame structure, covering the lampshade’s cap. The leaded glass from the top evokes a delicate dangling floral fabric.

In Turin, Italy, the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna awarded a grand prize for the lamp. Another award went to the Pond Lily decorative lamp, also produced by Tiffany & Co. The exposition was a fabulous event for Art Nouveau and the associated manufacturers who made applied art products in the same style.

With 2000 parts of glass, piece by piece, selected and organized in a labour-intensive product, the Wisteria design lamp is maybe the most expensive product in the lighting history production. The price is exceptional at the time of its creation and also to this day.

The Wisteria lamp designed by Clara Driscoll, the women’s glassmaking department leader at Tiffany Studios, is one of her significant artworks. She was responsible for developing and supervising the designs of 35 female designers. Tiffany Girls’ s work required visual sensitivity and outstanding creativity.

This lamp demonstrates natural beauty and has distinctive colour variations. This icon of American design is a masterpiece among the other elaborate leaded glass products of Art Nouveau.

Title: Wisteria design lamp and shade- Library lamp
Date: c. 1901
Material: Leaded glass, bronze
Production: Tiffany Studios, New York City
Designer: Clara Driscoll, American glass designer, 1861–1944
Dimensions: 27 x 18 inches

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