A MAHOGANY AND LEADED GLASS CEILING FIXTURE

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Details

A MAHOGANY AND LEADED GLASS CEILING FIXTURE
DESIGNED BY GREENE AND GREENE FOR THE FREEMAN A. FORD HOUSE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1907

The carved rectangular frame of the fixture in mahogany with ebony pegs, the sides and bottom of leaded glass in iridescent shades of amber, the lead lines forming decorative cloud-like motifs, each side with a central panel of lighter iridescent glass
41¾in. (106cm.) long, 29½in. (74.9cm.) wide, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) deep, lacks ceiling mount

Lot Essay

cf. Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1920, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1988, p. 161 for an illustration of another nearly identical fixture from the Freeman Ford house; Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene, Architecture as a Fine Art, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, 1977, p. 158, for a period photo of the Freeman Ford house interior.