PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLECTION
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Pond Lily' Table Lamp, circa 1905
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Pond Lily' Table Lamp, circa 1905
with a 'Twisted Vine' base
leaded glass, patinated bronze
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1490-5
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 448
26 ¾ in. (67.8 cm) high; 20 ½ in. (52.2 cm) diameter of shade
'Pond Lily' Table Lamp, circa 1905
with a 'Twisted Vine' base
leaded glass, patinated bronze
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1490-5
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 448
26 ¾ in. (67.8 cm) high; 20 ½ in. (52.2 cm) diameter of shade
Provenance
Robert Foster, Ohio, circa 1905 (for the shade), thence by descent
Private Southern collection, acquired from the above in 2007
Sotheby's New York, 15 December 2011, lot 244
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Southern collection, acquired from the above in 2007
Sotheby's New York, 15 December 2011, lot 244
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, p. 101 (shade)
M. Eidelberg, A. Frelinghuysen, N. McClelland, L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, p. 162 (shade), and 104 (base)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, Woodbridge, 2019, pp. 111, 171 (shade)
M. Eidelberg, A. Frelinghuysen, N. McClelland, L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, p. 162 (shade), and 104 (base)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, Woodbridge, 2019, pp. 111, 171 (shade)
Exhibited
Orlando, Florida, Orlando Museum of Art, Nature and Spirit: American Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 9 January - 25 April 2010
Further Details
Robert Foster, the original owner of this shade, was the nephew of Edward Heywood, a salesman in the Window Department of Tiffany Studios and a close friend of Joseph Briggs, long-time employee and last director of Tiffany Studios.
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas