Elaborate peony shade with standing lamp

Elaborate peony shade with standing lamp, 1904–15
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)
American
Tiffany Studios (1902–1938)
Leaded Favrile glass, bronze
H. 63 x Diam. 22 in. (160 x 55.9 cm.)
Inscribed: (on shade) Tiffany Studios New York;
(on base) Tiffany Studios New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Helen R. Bleibtreu, 1985 (1986.81.1)

Many of Tiffany's lamp designs were adaptations of motifs from Tiffany's windows. The spring flowers wisteria, magnolia, and peony were among his favorites. The peony is seen here in a profusion of blossoms, which vary slightly in color around the lamp in hues ranging from pale pink to deep red amidst verdant leafy foliage. The size and shape of the individual pieces of glass mimic the actual petals and leaves of the flower itself.