Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly" Table Lamp
Auction Closed
December 8, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly" Table Lamp
circa 1904
with a rare “Turtle-Back” base
leaded glass, favrile glass, patinated bronze
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/227
oil canister impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/227 with the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company monogram
19½ in. (49.5 cm) high
17 in. (43.2 cm) diameter of shade
For the shade:
Lillian Nassau, New York
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
For the base:
Minna Rosenblatt, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lillian Nassau, New York
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
For the base:
Minna Rosenblatt, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 62 (for the base) and 92-94 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 96 and 143 (for the base)
William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, p. 151 (for the base)
Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 64 and 187 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 21, no. 35, 27, nos. 52 and 54, 51, no. 165 and 133, no. 535 (for the shade); pp. 56-57, nos. 181-182 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 96 and 143 (for the base)
William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, p. 151 (for the base)
Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 64 and 187 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 21, no. 35, 27, nos. 52 and 54, 51, no. 165 and 133, no. 535 (for the shade); pp. 56-57, nos. 181-182 (for the base)