Mosque Lamp

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Object Name: 
Mosque Lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Paris
Accession Number: 
78.3.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 31.7 cm, Diam (max): 24 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1870-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Appleton
Primary Description: 
Colorless and blue glass; blown (from two gathers), tooled, applied, enameled, gilded.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Appleton, Arthur, Source
Appleton, Mrs. Arthur, Source
Category: 
Neo-Islamic
19th Century European
Color: 
blue
colorless
gold
brown
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
applied decoration
gilding
Material: 
glass
enamel
gold

Exhibitions (2)

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
Venue(s)
J. Paul Getty Museum 2007-10-18 through 2008-01-14
Corning Museum of Glass 2008-02-15 through 2008-05-27
Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

Publications (6)

The Arts and Crafts of Syria and Egypt from the Ayyubids to World War I: Collected Essays (2018) illustrated, p. 179 (Plate 5);
Glass and Glassmaking in Damascus during the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (2014) illustrated, p. 209, fig. 5; BIB# AI61536
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 307, #154; BIB# 68105
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 80, #75; BIB# 35679
Recent Important Acquisitions, 21 (1979) illustrated, p. 124, #27, left; BIB# AI98081
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1978 (1979) p. 5; BIB# AI97144