Cyclamen flowers in nature
This glass shade is often referred to as Anemone. However, the four-petaled blossoms with their heart-shaped, pointed petals which are sharply reflexed against the stalks, indisputably establish their botanical identity as compared with the multipetaled Anemone, with its broad petals and spread-out blossoms.
Cyclamen Table Lamp, a Tiffany Studios lamp in New-York Historical Society
The above Cyclamen Tiffany lamp original is 16″ wide at the start of the apron, 15″ at its lower border, 7″ deep, and has a 3″ aperture. A Tiffany Studios signature appears on a 2″ tag of this stained glass lamp.
The cone portion of the shade is effectively bordered by a row of green rippled glass at the aperture (which is encoached by flowers) and at the bottom where the apron begins. Another row, continuing the color and design of the cone, follows, and a final rectilinear row of green rippled glass finishes the apron and forms the lower edge of the shade. The three horizontal rows are all that remain of a geometric pattern. In all probability, they have been retained for structural rather than artistic reasons.
Cyclamen Table Lampshade, a Tiffany lamp in New-York Historical Society
The vintage tiffany lamp is meticulously constructed of a multitude of cunningly shaped and delicately colored segments of leaded glass. Clara Driscoll repeated the design five times, though the repetition is difficult to detect because of the complexity of the pattern.
The oblong leaves, concentrated in the lower part of the shade, are light and dark green, fading occasionally into yellow; some are mottled with orange and gray, while others are made of rippled glass. Masses of fragile cyclamens rise from the foliage on long bluish stems. Pink with red striations, they are effectively set off by a background of light and dark blue.