Tiffany Studios

The present “Lily” suite remained in the same New York family since the early 20th century. The original owners were Marklove Lowery and Dorothy Applegate, daughter of Ada Augusta Havemeyer of the prominent New York City family known for their patronage to Tiffany Studios. It was Henry Osborne Havemeyer, the cousin of Ada’s father, whose legendary Manhattan apartment was lavishly designed by Louis C. Tiffany and Samuel Colman in 1891 when Ada was a young woman. It comes as no surprise that Dorothy, carrying on the Havemeyer legacy, and husband Marklove, a prominent florist and landscape architect, would choose to decorate their home in Utica, New York with flora-inspired works by Tiffany Studios. The present Lily suite would have illuminated works from the couple’s extensive painting collection. The sconces resided in their home until Marklove’s passing in 1961, at which time they descended to their daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, Robert Olney. The pieces remained in the Olney residence in Rome, New York for over fifty years.