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ATTRIBUTED TO TIFFANY STUDIOS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS

Lot 64
14.06.2023 16:00UTC -05:00
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$ 226 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 964831
Lot 64 | ATTRIBUTED TO TIFFANY STUDIOS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
ATTRIBUTED TO TIFFANY STUDIOS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
Pair of Lanterns for the 'Moorish' Smoking Room in the Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion, circa 1881
leaded glass, patinated bronze
33 in. (83.8 cm.) drop, 22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) high, 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) diameter
Tiffany Studios




Provenance

Cornelius Vanderbilt II, New York, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1881.

Age of Elegance, Mill Valley, California.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above, 1996.



Literature

M. Gay Humphreys, "The Cornelius Vanderbilt House," The Art Amateur, vol. 8, no. 6, May 1883, p. 136 (for a discussion of the 'Moorish' smoking room).

"Decorative Notes," The Decorator and Furnisher, vol. 30, no. 3, June 1897, p. 87 (for a discussion on the 'Moorish' smoking room).

H. W. Desmond and H. Croly, Stately Homes in America from Colonial Times to the Present Day, New York, 1903, p. 507 (for a period photograph of the present lot in situ in the ‘Moorish’ smoking room).

H. A. La Farge, "John La Farge's Work in the Vanderbilt Houses," The American Art Journal, vol. XVI, no. 4, Autumn 1984, p. 65 (for a period photograph of these lights as sconces in the 'Moorish' smoking room).

J. L. Yarnall, Souvenirs of Splendor: John La Farge and the Patronage of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The American Art Journal, vol. 26, no. 1/2, 1994, p. 88 (for a discussion on the 'Moorish' smoking room).

M. A. Johnson, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages, London, 2005, pp. 63-66 (for a discussion on the commission).



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Manufactur:Tiffany Studios
Medium:Glass
Art style:Art Nouveau
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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