Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Collection of David and Lindsay Morgenthaler, Cleveland, Ohio

Tiffany Studios

“Peony” Table Lamp

Auction Closed

December 8, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of David and Lindsay Morgenthaler, Cleveland, Ohio

Tiffany Studios

“Peony” Table Lamp


circa 1910

with a telescoping "Claw Feet" base

leaded glass, patinated bronze

shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1505-15

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/391

32 in. (81.3 cm) high as pictured

21⅞ in. (55.6 cm) diameter of shade

John Agen, circa 1910

Thence by descent

Estate of Jane B. Sylvester

Christie's New York, December 9, 2003, lot 231

Charles Maurer, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 147 (for the base) and 151-153 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 85, no. 227, 112, no. 301 and 124, no. 334 (for the shade)
William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, p. 16 (for the shade)
Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, London, 2007, p. 46 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 175, nos. 706 and 708 and 238, no. 944 (for the shade); p. 92, no. 350 (for the base)