Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios

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Property from an Important American Collection

Tiffany Studios

"Tulip" Table Lamp

Auction Closed

December 11, 12:30 AM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collection

Tiffany Studios

"Tulip" Table Lamp


circa 1905-1910

with a rare “Turtle-Back” base

leaded glass, favrile glass, patinated bronze

shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1906

oil canister impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/180

base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/227S and TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK with the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company monogram

19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) high

16 in. (40.6 cm) diameter of shade

Sandra van den Broek, New York, 1995
Dr. Egon Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 62 (for the base) and 136 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 94 and 289 (for the shade); pp. 96 and 143 (for the base)
William Feldstein, Jr. and Alastair Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, p. 151 (for the base)
Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 281 (for the shade)
Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, p. 148 (for the shade)
Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 48-49 (for the base) and 184 (for the shade)