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LOUIS C. TIFFANY AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS

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Auction dateClassic
10.06.2022 14:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 773265
Lot 423 | LOUIS C. TIFFANY AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
LOUIS C. TIFFANY AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
Drop-Leaf Partner's Desk for the William S. Kimball House, Rochester, New York, circa 1881
canary wood, teak, patinated brass
30 1⁄4 x 84 3⁄8 x 36 in. (76.8 x 214.3 x 91.4 cm) (extended)
50 1⁄2 in. wide (128.3 cm) (unextended)





Provenance

William S. Kimball, Rochester, New York, commissioned from Louis C. Tiffany and Associated Artists, New York, circa 1881
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 26 October 1991, lot 593
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012



Literature

G. William Sheldon, Artistic Houses, vol. 2, pt. 1, New York, 1884, pl. 45 (for a period photograph of the Hamilton Fish house featuring a related desk in a darker stain)
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 (for a period photograph of the Hamilton Fish residence featuring a related desk in a darker stain) and 81, pl. 67 (for period photographs of the William S. Kimball house)
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, pp. 39 (for the present lot in situ at the William S. Kimball house), 40-41 (present lot illustrated)
T. Horiuchi, ed., The World of Louis Comfort Tiffany: A Selection from The Anchorman Collection, Japan, 1994, pp. 134-135 (present lot illustrated)
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, p. 172, no. 250 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 86 (for the present lot in situ at the William S. Kimball house), 87 (present lot illustrated)
Manufactur:Tiffany Studios
Medium:Wood
Art style:Art Nouveau
Category:Desk, Table
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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