LOT DETAILS

Materials:

leaded glass, patinated bronze

Size Notes:

diameter of shade 45.7 cm

Markings:

shade with small early tag impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK, base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 29555

Literature:

For other examples of this model: E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, back cover, p. 196, pl. 268; P. Doros, The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Richmond, 1978, p. 129, pl. 191; A. Duncan and W. Feldstein, Jr., The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 112 and 113; C. Gwathmey, R. Siegel, 'Architectural Approach: Inventive Spatial Solutions for an Apartment in Manhattan', Architectural Digest, June 1983, p. 154; A. Duncan, Fin de Siècle: Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, pp. 38-39; A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, front and back covers, pp. 68, 72 and 74; R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2001, front cover, pp. 76-77; A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 284; M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. McClelland, L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 166-168.

Provenance:

Private American collection; Christie's New York, Important Works by Tiffany Studios and John La Farge, 9 December 1989, lot 110; Est-Ouest, Art Nouveau et Art Déco, Collection Tiffany, Gallé, Daum, Icart, Tokyo, 30-31 October 1991, lot 61; Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.