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Property from a Distinguished Collection
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1915
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1915
with a 'Cattail Pond Lily' base
leaded glass, gilt bronze
24 ½ in. (62.2 cm) high, 20 3⁄8 in. (51.7 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1495-43
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 225
'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1915
with a 'Cattail Pond Lily' base
leaded glass, gilt bronze
24 ½ in. (62.2 cm) high, 20 3⁄8 in. (51.7 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1495-43
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 225
Provenance
In the collection of the present owner prior to circa 1975
Literature
M. T. Priestman, Lamps and Art and Economy in Home Decoration, New York, 1908, p. 138A (for a period illustration of the shade and base model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. iv (shade model)
Dr. E. Neustadt, Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 32, no. 24 (shade model); 99, no. 144 (base model); 102-105, nos. 148-153 (shade model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, New York, 1971, pp. 125, no. 193 (base model); 128, no. 200 (shade model); 200, no. 76 (shade model)
H. F. McKean, The “Lost” Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, p. 189 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 62, no. 169 (shade model); 65, no. 177 (shade and base model); 88, no. 236 (base model); 105, no. 283 (shade model); 110, no. 296 (shade model); 135, no. 359 (shade model); 137, no. 364 (shade model)
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 22-23 (shade model); 132-133 (base model)
A. Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, p. 39 (base model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, pp. 18 (shade model) and 125 (base model)
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 105 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 17 and 294 (base model)
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 27, fig. 30 (for a period advertisement depicting the base model); 162-163, pl. 47 (base model); 174-175, pl. 52 (base model);
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray, and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., The New York Historical Society, New York, 2007, pp. 54-55, fig. 23 (base model)
D. A. Hanks, Louis C. Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, exh. cat., Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, 2013, pp. 20-21 (shade model); 52-53, no. 2 (shade and base model); 54-55 (shade model)
M. K. Hofer and R. Klassen, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios: Nature Illuminated, The Neustadt Collection at the New York Historical Society, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, New York, 2016, pp. 47 (base model); 54, no. 20 (shade model); 56, no. 22 (shade model); 57, no. 23 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 11 (for a period advertisement of base model); 55, no. 178 (base model); 106, no. 413 (shade model); 111, no. 433 (base model); 172, no. 696 (shade model)
P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I, Santa Fe Springs, 2023, pp. 132, no. 5-100 (shade model); 137, no. 5-121 (shade model); 138, nos. 5-124 and 5-125 (base model); 174, nos. 6-98 (base model) and 6-99 (shade); 175, no. 6-100 (base model); 207, nos. 7-53 and 7-54 (shade model); 231, nos. 8-13 and 8-14 (for period advertisements of the base model); 248, no. 8-84 (base model); 257, no. 8-114 (shade model); 289, no. 9-85 (shade and base model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. iv (shade model)
Dr. E. Neustadt, Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 32, no. 24 (shade model); 99, no. 144 (base model); 102-105, nos. 148-153 (shade model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, New York, 1971, pp. 125, no. 193 (base model); 128, no. 200 (shade model); 200, no. 76 (shade model)
H. F. McKean, The “Lost” Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, p. 189 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 62, no. 169 (shade model); 65, no. 177 (shade and base model); 88, no. 236 (base model); 105, no. 283 (shade model); 110, no. 296 (shade model); 135, no. 359 (shade model); 137, no. 364 (shade model)
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 22-23 (shade model); 132-133 (base model)
A. Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, p. 39 (base model)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1989, pp. 18 (shade model) and 125 (base model)
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 105 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 17 and 294 (base model)
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 27, fig. 30 (for a period advertisement depicting the base model); 162-163, pl. 47 (base model); 174-175, pl. 52 (base model);
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray, and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, exh. cat., The New York Historical Society, New York, 2007, pp. 54-55, fig. 23 (base model)
D. A. Hanks, Louis C. Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, exh. cat., Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, 2013, pp. 20-21 (shade model); 52-53, no. 2 (shade and base model); 54-55 (shade model)
M. K. Hofer and R. Klassen, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios: Nature Illuminated, The Neustadt Collection at the New York Historical Society, exh. cat., New York Historical Society, New York, 2016, pp. 47 (base model); 54, no. 20 (shade model); 56, no. 22 (shade model); 57, no. 23 (shade model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 11 (for a period advertisement of base model); 55, no. 178 (base model); 106, no. 413 (shade model); 111, no. 433 (base model); 172, no. 696 (shade model)
P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I, Santa Fe Springs, 2023, pp. 132, no. 5-100 (shade model); 137, no. 5-121 (shade model); 138, nos. 5-124 and 5-125 (base model); 174, nos. 6-98 (base model) and 6-99 (shade); 175, no. 6-100 (base model); 207, nos. 7-53 and 7-54 (shade model); 231, nos. 8-13 and 8-14 (for period advertisements of the base model); 248, no. 8-84 (base model); 257, no. 8-114 (shade model); 289, no. 9-85 (shade and base model)
Sale room notice
Please note this lot is incorrectly illustrated in the printed catalog. Please contact the department for further detail, or refer to Christie’s.com for the updated image.
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