A RARE AMERICAN INDIAN BASKET LEADED GLASS AND BRONZE CHANDELIER

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A RARE AMERICAN INDIAN BASKET LEADED GLASS AND BRONZE CHANDELIER
BY TIFFANY STUDIOS

The domed shade with beaded rim, leaded in a basketweave pattern of textured amber, deep tortoise brown, brick red and orange glass, the interior lined with striated amber and striated blue graduated glass panels of softened rectangular shape
the shade 14in. (35.6cm.) high, 16¼in. (41.3cm.) diameter, with hardware

Provenance

Lillian Nassau, New York

Lot Essay

This shade is similar to one that was made for "Wawapek", Robert W. DeForest's house in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island and is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. See 19th-Century America, Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, fig. 290 for a similar shade in the Museum's collection.

The composition of the Indian Basket Hanging Shade mimics the Indian baskets created in Northern California with their characteristic tight weave in geometric patterns. The pattern comprises many fine pieces of glass in the outer leaded glass pattern, not unlike that used in the small "American Indian" leaded glass desk lamp.