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Lot Essay
The interiors for the Henry and Louisine Havemeyer house at 1 East 66th Street in New York were one of Louis Comfort Tiffany's seminal interior commissions. Together with Samuel Colman, Tiffany designed lavish spaces replete with rich glass and metalwork and lush coloristic effects that subtly evoked exotic, distant lands.
This section of balustrade, made of delicate twisted metal and opalescent glass, evokes the patterning of Middle Eastern design. It orginally had a gilt finish and circled the second floor gallery of the house, where the Havemeyers displayed their important art collection. The contents of the house were sold at auction in 1930, and the building ultimately demolished, making this an extremely rare survival of this early period of Tiffany's work.
This section of balustrade, made of delicate twisted metal and opalescent glass, evokes the patterning of Middle Eastern design. It orginally had a gilt finish and circled the second floor gallery of the house, where the Havemeyers displayed their important art collection. The contents of the house were sold at auction in 1930, and the building ultimately demolished, making this an extremely rare survival of this early period of Tiffany's work.