Bequest of Charles Maurer · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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America, New York · c. 1902–10
Indian Basket Lamp
Tiffany Studios
- Date
- c. 1902–10
- Medium
- Leaded glass, gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.); Overall: 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.)
- Country / context
- United States
- Movement / tradition
- North American arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- North American arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
An admirer of Native American art, Louis Comfort Tiffany amassed a personal collection of textiles, baskets, and pottery, from which he and his designers drew inspiration. He was particularly interested in the way basket weavers formed their patterns using geometric grids, a look he re-created in designs for lamps, such as the Indian Basket lamp.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
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