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Nautilus Reading Lamp
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902)c. 1899–1902
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Benjamin Hubbell, the architect of the Cleveland Museum of Art, acquired this vase from Louis Comfort Tiffany, with whom he collaborated on various projects. The shape of the nautilus shell provides the perfect space to conceal a light bulb, the newest form of technology at the time. As a result, this lamp was a critical success and sold both in this original form and with the later alteration of a bronze mermaid for the stand and an actual nautilus shell for the shade.
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- Title: Nautilus Reading Lamp
- Creator: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902)
- Date Created: c. 1899–1902
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 34.5 x 21.3 x 13.4 cm (13 9/16 x 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Virginia Hubbell [1901-1997], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.298
- Medium: bronze, leaded glass
- Inscriptions: stamped on underside: Tiffany Studios/New York/25891/TDGCo
- Fun Fact: A lamp of this design was first featured in Siegfried Bing's 1899 display of Louis Comfort Tiffany's designs at the Grafton Galleries in London then in Tiffany's own stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: America, early 20th Century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Virginia Hubbell
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1997.298
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