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Lot Essay
Born in Birmingham, England, Richard Hayward's grandfather immigrated to New York City with his family in the late nineteenth century, eventually settling in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. At about the age of ten, Edwin Ernest Hayward, Sr. became employed as a sweeper of glass shards for Tiffany Studios at 46 West 23rd Street and worked for the firm until it closed in 1933. During that time, Edwin Hayward became a skilled artisan and was appointed Manager of the Ecclesiastical Department at Tiffany Studios.
Following the death of Edwin Hayward's eldest son in 1934, his daughter-in-law and grandson, Richard Hayward, moved to the Bronx. Despite the distance between the Bronx and Hasbrouck Heights, Richard Hayward visited his grandparents regularly each month. Richard Hayward holds very clear memories of his grandparents' large home and, in particular, their "very large and long living room" where "there were a number of impressive things in that room". He specifically recalls the 'Dragonfly' lamp "standing, either on its own pedestal as you entered the head of this living room, or standing on a large round table that was in the middle of the room". As a young boy, he found himself "impressed" by the lamp "because of its place of honor in the room and the fact that it was so very different from any other lamps" that his family had at home for ordinary lighting. At a later age, Richard Hayward remembers occasionally visiting the basement of his grandparents' house; there his grandfather would show him a small lamp or other small objects on which he was working and using scraps of Tiffany Studios glass that he had taken home over the years with the permission of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Other works by Tiffany Studios also decorated his grandparents' living room and other rooms in the house.
Following the death of Edwin Hayward's eldest son in 1934, his daughter-in-law and grandson, Richard Hayward, moved to the Bronx. Despite the distance between the Bronx and Hasbrouck Heights, Richard Hayward visited his grandparents regularly each month. Richard Hayward holds very clear memories of his grandparents' large home and, in particular, their "very large and long living room" where "there were a number of impressive things in that room". He specifically recalls the 'Dragonfly' lamp "standing, either on its own pedestal as you entered the head of this living room, or standing on a large round table that was in the middle of the room". As a young boy, he found himself "impressed" by the lamp "because of its place of honor in the room and the fact that it was so very different from any other lamps" that his family had at home for ordinary lighting. At a later age, Richard Hayward remembers occasionally visiting the basement of his grandparents' house; there his grandfather would show him a small lamp or other small objects on which he was working and using scraps of Tiffany Studios glass that he had taken home over the years with the permission of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Other works by Tiffany Studios also decorated his grandparents' living room and other rooms in the house.