Lot no. 8
TIFFANY STUDIOS (NEW YORK)
Dragonfly floor lamp, early 20th century
Naturalist base in patinated and chased bronze
Hemispherical lampshade in glass mosaic and lead mesh
with polychrome dragonfly decoration
Stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK under the base and numbered 379
Stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NY and numbered 1507 on the lampshade.
Height : 160 cm
Dragonfly floor lamp
Patinated bronze base with leaf design
Hemispherical shade within a reticulated lead filigree decorated
in glass mosaic with a dragonfly pattern
Stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK and numbered 379 under the base
Stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NY and numbered 1507 on the shade
Height: 63 in.
Provenance
Private collection
Bibliography
Dr. Egon Neustadt, "The Lamps of Tiffany", New York, 1970, page 35 (similar base) and page 178 (similar shades).
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, "Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art", 1998, fig. 92 (similar base).
Alastair Duncan, "Tiffany Lamps and Metalware", Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, no. 647 page 156 (similar lampshade) and no. 847 page 215 (similar lampshade).
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Sculpture and bronzes
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