Hispano-Moresque Electrolier

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Hispano-Moresque Electrolier

Factory/Foundry Tiffany Studios, New York

Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)

Dateabout 1900

DimensionsH: 30 in. (76.20 cm); Diam: 22 in. (55.88 cm)

MediumCast bronze frame, translucent green, yellow, and pink favrile glass, blown, cast, cut, and assembled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Alex and Theresa Sahadi

Object number

2007.46

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 29A

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.