Cleveland Museum of Art

Pond Lily Table Lamp

Date

c. 1902–10

Medium

Favrile glass, bronze

Culture

America, New York

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The dawn of the 20th century spurred fresh approaches to design. Louis Comfort Tiffany’s great contribution to this new art movement, termed the Art Nouveau, was not only the shimmering iridescence of his Favrile glass but also the naturalistic compositions of his lamps and windows, which brought him commercial and critical success in both Europe and America. Symbolic themes, such as this lamp's dark blooms of the pond lily in a swampy landscape, became a hallmark of Tiffany's Art Nouveau design. It won a grand prize for Tiffany Studios at the 1902 international exposition in Turin, Italy. The dawn of electricity made this lamp possible, transforming a work of sculpture into a useful object.

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