A Vision: The Collection of Michelle Smith
A Vision: The Collection of Michelle Smith
Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly" Table Lamp
Auction Closed
April 22, 11:22 PM GMT
Estimate
220,000 - 280,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Tiffany Studios
"Dragonfly" Table Lamp
circa 1905
with a rare “Dragonfly” mosaic base
leaded glass, mosaic favrile glass, patinated bronze
shade with a small early tag impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK
oil canister impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/180
17 ¼ in. (43.8 cm) high
17 in. (43.2 cm) diameter of shade
Acquired from the above
Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 92 (for the shade) and 131 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lighting, London, 1978, p. vii (for the shade and base)
Alastair Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 102 (for the shade and base)
Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 187-188 (for the shade and base)
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, pp. 14-15, 96 (for the shade and base)
Kelly A. Conway and Lindsay R. Parrott, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2017, p. 197 (for a drawing of the model)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 27 (for the base)