Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile Moorish' Chandelier, circa 1895
Favrile glass, leaded glass, patinated bronze
13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) high, 24 1/2 in. (62.3 cm.) diameter, 29 in. (73.7 cm.) drop
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 1999, lot 454.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 181, pl. 479-481 (for related examples).
D. A. Hanks, Louis Comfort Tiffany Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, New York, 2013, pp. 144-145, no. 44.
K. A. Conway and L. R. Parrot, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 2017, pp. 117, fig. 4.6 (for a photograph of the interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Troy); 155, fig. 5.3 (for a related example in the interior of St. Hubert’s Chapel, Kinnelon, New Jersey).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, p. 308, no. 1214 (present lot illustrated).
Special notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Rare 'Turtle-Back Tile Moorish' Chandelier, circa 1895
Favrile glass, leaded glass, patinated bronze
13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) high, 24 1/2 in. (62.3 cm.) diameter, 29 in. (73.7 cm.) drop
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 1999, lot 454.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
A. Duncan, Tiffany at Auction, New York, 1981, p. 181, pl. 479-481 (for related examples).
D. A. Hanks, Louis Comfort Tiffany Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, New York, 2013, pp. 144-145, no. 44.
K. A. Conway and L. R. Parrot, Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 2017, pp. 117, fig. 4.6 (for a photograph of the interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Troy); 155, fig. 5.3 (for a related example in the interior of St. Hubert’s Chapel, Kinnelon, New Jersey).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, p. 308, no. 1214 (present lot illustrated).
Special notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
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