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Design for a "Poppy" Lampshade

ca. 1900
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 693
This full-scale watercolor study for sixteen-inch conical Poppy shade shows one full repeat of the design, which would appear a total of three times to form the complete shade. From this study, the "selectors," which, in the case of floral lamps, were women, would choose appropriately colored glass from a stock of several tons that Tiffany kept on hand. The luminous, translucent quality of the watercolor medium produces an effect very similar to that of light shining through glass.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a "Poppy" Lampshade
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Designer: Probably Clara Driscoll (American, 1861–1944)
  • Designer: Possibly Alice C. Gouvy (American, 1870–1924)
  • Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
  • Date: ca. 1900
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 12 1/8 × 19 11/16 in. (30.8 × 50 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund,1967
  • Object Number: 67.655.7
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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