New York’s Tiffany Studios ‘Nautilus’ Lamp

A natural form captured masterfully in regular glass paneling, the shade of this Tiffany Studios New York lamp graduates from emerald green to a clean off-white as it unfurls, mimicking the shape of a nautilus shell. The shade tapers significantly as the hue darkens, the outward facing and downward oriented mouth of the shell being nearly twice the breadth of its narrow underside. The base of the lamp is also executed in a wonderful, naturalistic motif, but in this instance a more abstracted one. The bronze form extends upward from a base decorated with the sepals of a flower. A single, undulating stem breaks into two arms which serve to hold the shade.