ID 773241
Lot 422 | LOUIS C. TIFFANY AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Sofa for the William S. Kimball House, Rochester, New York, circa 1881
satinwood, brass, velvet upholstery
39 1⁄2 x 75 1⁄2 x 28 in. (100.3 x 191.8 x 71.1 cm)
Provenance
William S. Kimball, Rochester, New York, commissioned from Louis C. Tiffany and Associated Artists, New York, circa 1881
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, circa 1920
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
Literature
G. William Sheldon, Artistic Houses, vol. 2, pt. 2, New York, 1884, pp. 159-160, pl. 30-31 (for period photographs of the William S. Kimball house)
The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age, New York, 1987, pp. 70, pl. 52 and 81, pl. 67 (for period photographs of the William S. Kimball house)
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, pp. 170-171, no. 249 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 85-86 and 88 (for period photographs of the William S. Kimball house), 89 (present lot illustrated)
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
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