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THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN
TIFFANY STUDIOS

'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1905

Price realised USD 315,000
Estimate
USD 250,000 – USD 350,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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TIFFANY STUDIOS

'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1905

Price realised USD 315,000
Price realised USD 315,000
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Dragonfly' Table Lamp, circa 1905
with a rare mosaic glass 'Dragonfly' base
leaded glass, mosaic Favrile glass, patinated bronze
19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm) high, 14 in. (35.6 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1585
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 5482 and with Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram
Provenance
Private Northeast Collection
J. Alastair Duncan Ltd., New York, 2006
Burton and Paula Geyer, New York
The Geyer Collection: Masterworks of Tiffany and Prewar Design, Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2018, lot 7
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 130 (shade) and 131
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Complete Collector's Guide, New York, 1971, p. 190, no.4
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 77, no. 206 (shade); 98, no. 267 (shade); 136, no. 363
A. Duncan and W. Feldstein, Jr., The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 170-171
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, 2001, p. 71
M. May, Great Art Glass Lamps: Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberley, Pairpoint, and Handel, Atglen, 2003, p. 41
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 304, 306 (shade)
M. Eidelberg, A. C. Frelinghuysen, N.A. McClelland and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2005, pp. 194-195
M. Eidelberg, et. al., A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, New York, 2007, pp. 66-67, fig. 31

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