'Peacock Feather' Table Lamp, circa 1903

Details

TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Peacock Feather' Table Lamp, circa 1903
leaded glass, patinated bronze
22 ¾ in. (57.8 cm) high, 16 ½ in. (41.9 cm) diameter of shade
shade with small tag impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 6847

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 8 June 2000, lot 143
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 15 December 2004, lot 21
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 100 (for a period illustration of the base model)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 10 (for a period illustration of the base model); 84, no. 319 (base model); 164, no. 664 (shade model); 193, no. 759 (base model)
P. Crist, Tiffany Lamps: A History, Mosaic Shades, Volume I, Santa Fe Springs, 2023, pp. 135, no. 5-111 (base model); 200, no. 7-16 (base model); 210, no. 7-66 (base model); 216, no. 7-88 (base model); 226, no. 7-124 (for a period illustration of the base model); 284, no. 9-70 (base model)

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Lot Essay

The present ‘Peacock Feather’ shade is a rare model and is the first time in 15 years that it has come to the market. This example offers a vibrant selection of glass in a prism of colors portraying Louis Comfort Tiffany’s highly favored motif of the peacock feather.

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