Captured against a smoldering amber and ocher ground of mottled glass, the titular poppies in the shade of this Tiffany Studios New York "Poppy" lamp dance in harmony with a lower border of stylized leaves. The poppies are depicted in various stages of bloom, some wilting in the final stages of their brilliant lives, others reaching upward in the first stages of unfurling, and others still displaying their magnificent centers, executed in intricate wire mesh. The bottom border provides a lush counter point to the elegantly sparse arrangement of floriforms on the upper portion of the shade, the richly colored and gently striated overlapping leaves adding great depth to the composition. The shade sits on a "Twisted Vine" base.