Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

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Property of a Distinguished Midwestern Collection

TIFFANY STUDIOS | "DRAGONFLY" TABLE LAMP

Auction Closed

December 12, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Distinguished Midwestern Collection

TIFFANY STUDIOS

"DRAGONFLY" TABLE LAMP


circa 1905-1910

with a rare mosaic glass "Dragonfly" base and "Spider" finial

leaded glass, mosaic favrile glass, patinated bronze

shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1585

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/356

20¾ in. (52.7 cm) high

14 in. (35.6) diameter of shade

Collection of Ted and Nellie Ingham, Detroit, Michigan

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa early 1970s

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. iv (for the shade and base pairing)

Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 131 (for the shade and base pairing)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, p. 77, no. 206 and p. 98, no. 267 (for the shade); p. 136, no. 363 (for the shade and base pairing)

William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, p. 171 (for the shade and base pairing)

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, p. 190 (for the shade and base pairing)

Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, p. 71 (for the shade and base pairing)

Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 304 (for the shade and base pairing) and 306 (for the shade)

Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, p. 194 (for the shade and base pairing)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, p. 72, no. 276 (for the shade and base pairing) and p. 176, no. 699 (for the shade)

Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, 2007, p. 67 (for the shade and base pairing)

Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2017, p. 198 (for the shade and base pairing)