Alabaster and Lapis Hornet

Object Name6-part Hanging Lamp

Artist Benjamin P. Moore (American, 1952-2021)

Assistant Walter White

Studio Pilchuck Glass School

Made Fromnon-lead glass, rubber, electrical fittings

Date1983

TechniqueBlown, sandblasted, trailed threading, drilled, assembled

Size(a) H: 22 cm, D(max): 38.5 cm; (b) H: 26.5 cm, D(max): 25.8 cm

Accession Number85.4.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Interpretive Notes

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Functional objects, such as this chandelier, are displayed on this platform with nonfunctional objects, such as the chair by Therman Statom. Design is meant to be functional, the object’s use is clear (this is a lighting fixture), and design objects are most often made in a series. Studio craft may be functional or nonfunctional, the object’s use may not be clear (a chair that cannot be sat on), and craft objects are most often one of a kind. The intention of craft is fundamentally different from that of design: craft vessels and objects may be used, but their purpose, like art, is to stimulate emotion and intellect, to evoke memories, thoughts, moods, and feelings.

Place Made

United States, WA, Stanwood

Physical DescriptionOpalescent white, colorless, bright blue non-lead glass, rubber; blown, trailed threading, drilled, machined metal fittings, assembled. (a) Wide, circular form, with domed opalescent white center/top, a wide fold inside, flaring to a wide, flat, circular disk with folded rim and trailed blue thread; three pointed turned brass fittings piercing the disk, with black rubber washer/spacers below; signed (abraded script) "Walter White Benjamin P. Moore © 1983"; electrical socket at the center, with ribbed tubular white porcelain fitting for a cylindrical light bulb with sandblasted spiral pattern; white electrical cord and plug on top; (b) conical, straight-sided form, of colorless glass with opalescent white casing, and trailed fine blue threading from top to bottom; flared, flat disk at the top, with thickly folded rim; pierced with three holes, with inserted black rubber grommets.
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