Peacock Table Lamp
Medium
Leaded glass, bronze
Dimensions
h. 65 cm · diam. 48 cm
Classification
Lamp
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Charles Maurer
Accession Number
2018.281
Tags
gender unknownCleveland Institute of Art (alumni)female
About this artwork
The peacock, with its brilliantly colored iridescent plumage, was a favorite motif of Louis Comfort Tiffany, appearing in almost every genre of his artistic production. The Peacock table lamp, created by Tiffany's chief lamp designer Clara Wolcott Driscoll, evokes the wide circular swath of a peacock's preening feathers and attracted critical acclaim to both Driscoll and Tiffany Studios. This particular version retains its original kerosene burning fluid apparatus as well as an electric bulb arm...