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Tiffany Studios
Estimate
125,000 - 175,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Tiffany Studios
- Landscape Window from ''Fenway Gate,'' Boston, Massachusetts
plated leaded glass selectively etched
Provenance
Christie's New York, December 11, 1982, lot 382
Catalogue Note
This spectacular window was amongst six Tiffany landscape windows offered at public auction by the city of Boston in 1982 following their removal from the mansion at 73 Hemenway Street in its southern suburbs.
Designed at the turn-of-the-century by the distinguished architect Guy Howell (whose resumé includes the Boston Museum of Fine Arts), the mansion was listed in 1905 as "Fenway Gate," the property of Messrs. Fred Holdsworth and Robert D. Farrington. Records relating to the house and its subsequent ownership, accessed from the Boston Public Library Voting Records, fail to identify who commissioned the windows from Tiffany Studios or when, but their quality and size confirm that the original owner was a prosperous avid Tiffany patron.
The window is undated, but from the decorating techniques and construction it appears to have been made circa 1912-1918. The selective use of etching on the front layers of the glass enhances the windows sense of depth and perspective.
Designed at the turn-of-the-century by the distinguished architect Guy Howell (whose resumé includes the Boston Museum of Fine Arts), the mansion was listed in 1905 as "Fenway Gate," the property of Messrs. Fred Holdsworth and Robert D. Farrington. Records relating to the house and its subsequent ownership, accessed from the Boston Public Library Voting Records, fail to identify who commissioned the windows from Tiffany Studios or when, but their quality and size confirm that the original owner was a prosperous avid Tiffany patron.
The window is undated, but from the decorating techniques and construction it appears to have been made circa 1912-1918. The selective use of etching on the front layers of the glass enhances the windows sense of depth and perspective.