Grape hanging shade

designed ca. 1900-1906

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Leaded glass, bronze

Overall (shade height, diameter): 12 1/2 × 30 in. (31.8 × 76.2 cm)

Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt

N84.60.1

This shade blends creativity and craftsmanship in depicting the gradual ripening of grapes on a vine. Beginning small and green, the grapes become larger and more purple as the ripen.

DescriptionLeaded glass and bronze Grape hanging shade; 30-inch diameter twelve-sided cone-shaped shade with grape design repeated four times; trellis of "wood" slats rendered in grained and striated brown glass; yellow green background; clusters of red, blue and purple grapes rendered in textured and stippled glass.

Markingsstamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK"

ProvenanceMatthew Weissman, Cross Country Antiques, 1968

ClassificationsTIFFANY

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