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Article: How to dress up your desk: looking to add a touch of elegance to your workspace? Keep your eyes open for Tiffany bronze desk sets.(DECORATIVE ARTS)
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- Antiques Roadshow Insider
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Collecting anything by Louis Comfort Tiffany has always been considered a rich man's game. Buying just one top-quality piece today can cost tens of thousands of dollars. At least that's how most people perceive the Tiffany market.
But the fact is, you don't have to be a millionaire to acquire a few select Tiffany items. Louis Comfort Tiffany, after all, produced more than just incredible leaded lamps and beautiful art glass. He also created more than a dozen bronze desk set patterns that married function and design. Some of the patterns have commanded prices at auction and retail that rival Tiffany glass pieces. In fact, bronze Tiffany desk sets comprise a category that ...
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Article: Desk set from Victorian office
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);
September 23, 2006 ;
299 words
......box or case, the chances are that they won't fit anything else anyway. But there is no such problem with a Victorian clerk's desk set which has, beneath a folding top, three inkwells - one china and two glass. Also included is a glass pen tray in the front...
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