ID 1230285
Lot 133 | TIFFANY STUDIOS
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'Turtle-Back Tile' Chandelier, circa 1900
leaded glass, patinated bronze
16 in. (40.6 cm) high, 32 in. (81.3 cm) diameter, 34 in. (86.4 cm) drop
Provenance
Lillian Nassau, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974
Literature
H. F. McKean, The "Lost" Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, pp. 124-125, figs. 115-116 (for related examples)
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 120, no. 324; 194-195 (for related examples)
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland, and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, p. 41, no. 49 (for photographs of the related 'Turtle-Back' chandeliers at Laurelton Hall)
A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist’s Country Estate, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2006, pp. 90-91, 137, 179 (for related examples)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 278-279 and 281 (for related examples)
P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I, Santa Fe Springs, 2023, p. 266 (for photographs of the related 'Turtle-Back' chandeliers at Laurelton Hall)
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Ceiling lights |
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Ceiling lights |
| Address of auction |
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