ID 976547
Lot 167 | TIFFANY STUDIOS
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
'Elaborate Peony' Table Lamp, circa 1915
with a rare 'Arch and Leaf' base
leaded glass, patinated bronze
32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm) high, 23 in. (58.4 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1903
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 542
Provenance
(Shade) Elsie and Doris Waters, film and radio comedians, Steyning, England
(Shade) Joan and Clive Collins, London, circa 1980
(Shade and base) Roy and Sarita Warshawsky, Chicago
Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 2016, lot 446
Private Collection, West Coast
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, p. 129, no. 203 (base)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Art Glass, New York, 1977, n.p., no. 47 (base)
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 3 (shade); 92, no. 247 (base); 105, no. 282 (shade)
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan, The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 32-33
A. Duncan, M. Eidelberg, and N. Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, London, 1989, pp.108, 155
A. Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, p. 37, no. 11
A. Duncan, M. Eidelberg, N. Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1993, p. 108
J. Baal-Teshuva, Louis-Comfort Tiffany, Cologne, 2001, p. 178 (shade)
M Eidelberg, A.Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 154-157, no. 43
R. M. Pepall, Tiffany Glass: A Passion for Colour, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 2009, p. 178, cat. no. 135 (shade)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 122, nos. 474-475 (base); 204, no. 792 (shade)
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
| Manufactur: | Tiffany Studios |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
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