ID 872055
Lot 517 | TIFFANY STUDIOS
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 200 000
'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1905
with a rare 'Cattail Pond Lily' base
leaded glass, patinated bronze
24 in. (61 cm) high, 20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 24466 and 1.
canister impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 24466 and 1
Provenance
Sturges Family, circa 1950
Bonhams, New York, 16 December 2006, lot 5056
William A. Richardson, Las Vegas
Masterworks by Tiffany Studios: The William A. Richardson Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 2017, lot 324
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: Rebel in Glass, New York, 1964, pl. iv (shade)
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 62, no. 169 (shade); 65, no. 177; 105, no. 283 (shade); 110, no. 296 (shade); 135, no. 359 (shade); 137, no. 364 (shade)
A. Duncan and W. Feldstein, Jr., The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 22-23 (shade), 132-133 (base)
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 105 (shade)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 294 (base)
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 27 (for a period advertisement of base); 162-163, no. 47 (base); 174-175 (base)
M. Eidelberg, et. al., A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, New York, 2007, pp. 54-55, fig. 23 (base)
D. Hanks, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, New York, 2013, pp. 52-55
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 106, no. 413 (shade); 111, no. 433 (base); 172, no. 696 (shade)
Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
---|---|
Medium: | Glass |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
---|---|
Medium: | Glass |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
Shipping |
Postal service Courier service pickup by yourself | ||||||||||||||
Payment methods |
Wire Transfer | ||||||||||||||
Business hours | Business hours
|
Related terms
Frequently asked questions
First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.