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Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile' Chandelier, circa 1910
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile' Chandelier, circa 1910
Favrile glass, leaded glass, gilt bronze
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.3 cm.) diameter, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) diameter of shade
leaded shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
each Favrile glass shade engraved L.C.T.
Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile' Chandelier, circa 1910
Favrile glass, leaded glass, gilt bronze
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.3 cm.) diameter, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) diameter of shade
leaded shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
each Favrile glass shade engraved L.C.T.
Provenance
The Sunrise Trust Collection, Florida.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8-9 December 1995, lot 518.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8-9 December 1995, lot 518.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 147, no. 389 (central shade); 204, no. 572 (for a related example); 220, no. 634 (for a related example).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 343, no. 1383; 344, no. 1389 (central shade).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 343, no. 1383; 344, no. 1389 (central shade).
Special Notice
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