Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios
Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios
Property of a Distinguished Midwestern Collection
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)