Important Design
Important Design
Property from the Collection of Gregg Seibert
GUSTAV STICKLEY | FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER, MODEL NO. 670
Auction Closed
December 12, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Gregg Seibert
GUSTAV STICKLEY
FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER, MODEL NO. 670
circa 1905
en suite with the following two lots
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
hand-wrought copper, original hammered glass, wrought iron, oak
32⅜ in. (82.2 cm) overall drop
ceiling canopy: 24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm)
Private Collection, California, circa 1905
Thence by descent
Cathers & Dembrosky, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000
Stephen Gray, The Early Work of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1987, p. 164
David Cathers, ''Attracted to Opposites,'' American Bungalow, Summer 2007, p. 39 (for the present lot illustrated)
David Cathers et al., Arts and Crafts Lighting from the Collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, Florida, 2017, pp. 74-75
This rare four-light chandelier, along with the two pairs of sconces in the following two lots, all originally adorned the dining room of a California bungalow that was based on one of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman homes. Other examples of this rare model are in the collections of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, Florida, and the Lewis Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.