Tiffany Studios

Six-Piece “Art Deco” Desk Set

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Property of a Gentleman

Tiffany Studios

Six-Piece “Art Deco” Desk Set

circa 1922

comprising a pair of blotter ends, inkstand with a rare decorated Favrile glass inkwell, inkstand with interior clear glass inkwell, letter rack, pen tray, and rocker blotter

gilt and enameled bronze, Favrile glass, glass

each impressed LOUIS C. TIFFANY FURNACES INC. with the firm's monogram and respective model numbers

blotter ends: 19 ½ x 2 ⅝ in. (49.5 x 6.7 cm), each

Private Collection, New York

Sotheby's New York, December 12, 2018, lot 346

Acquired from the above by the present owner

George A. Kemeny and Donald Miller, Tiffany Desk Treasures: A Collector's Guide, New York, 2002, pp. 87-90 (for the "Art Deco" pattern)

William R. Holland, Tiffany Desk Sets, Atglen, PA, 2008, pp. 187-195 (for the "Art Deco" pattern)

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 540-543 (for the "Art Deco" pattern)