A Very Fine and Rare Tiffany Favrile Glass and Bronze Wild Poppy Chandelier
This lamp appeared in Sotheby's April 1995 auction of items from the John Mecom collection.
The umbrella
form shade with an all over pattern of poppy blossoms in shades
of pale peach striated with opalescence, lemmon-yellow mottled
with opalescence, amber or lime green and amber striated or mottled
with opalescence, lime green, lemon yellow or crimson, the rippled
glass leafage in shades of sea green striated with opalescence
and emerald green; reserved against an opalescent ground shaded
with lime green and lemon yellow, the lower border with two rows
of rippled opalescent glass striated with lime green and salmon,
the crown pierced with geometric devices between scrolling hooks
with foliate terminals, lower rim with applied beaded border,
brown-green patina, original chains and ceiling mount, impressed
TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK. Diameter 36"
This extraordinary shade was certainly a special commission made
by Tiffany Studios and most probably a unique example.
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