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This Tiffany & Co. floor lamp features the iconic “pine needle” pattern, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the late 19th century. Green was a trendy color around the turn of the 20th-Century as innovations in pigments like Scheel’s Green and Paris Green made the color vibrant. Although these pigments contained arsenic and were toxic, the trend still spread from paint to decor and clothing.
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This Tiffany & Co. floor lamp features the iconic “pine needle” pattern, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the late 19th century. Louis Comfort Tiffany is known for expanding the glasswork at Tiffany & Co., and in this design he used a green, marbled opalescent glass beneath bronze work to mimic pine needles.
Green was a trendy color around the turn of the 20th-Century as innovations in pigments like Scheel’s Green and Paris Green made the color vibrant. Although these pigments contained arsenic and were toxic, the trend still spread from paint to decor and clothing.
This lamp is currently displayed in the Gentlemen’s Lounge and is part of a set that includes an inkwell and a cigar box, both on display in the Drawing Room.
