Hispano-Moresque Electrolier
Factory/Foundry: Tiffany Studios, New York
Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)
Date: about 1900
Dimensions:
H: 30 in. (76.20 cm); Diam: 22 in. (55.88 cm)
Medium: Cast bronze frame, translucent green, yellow, and pink favrile glass, blown, cast, cut, and assembled.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Alex and Theresa Sahadi
Object number: 2007.46
DescriptionBronze chandelier in the shape of a pierced lantern with ten arms scrolling down, each fitted with a blown, bell-shaped yellow favrile shade, above a circle of twenty-seven pale green iridescent glass prisms between lengths of beaded bronze chains, the lower part of the lantern consisting of a hemispherical inverted dome of opalescent pale and dark rose leaded glass, the whole suspended from the original bronze rod and ceiling cap. Equipped with a three-way switch allowing unique lighting patterns and options.
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