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Article: Art Institute of Chicago acquires Tiffany lamp.(news)(Tiffany Studios)(Brief article)
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- Art Business News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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CHICAGO -- The Art Institute of Chicago announces the acquisition of a circa 1906 Tiffany Studios New York hanging head dragonfly lamp on a mosaic and turtleback-tile base. The Department of American Art deems this new addition as one of the top acquisitions of 2006.
"Tiffany Studios' leaded glass lamps are today widely appreciated for their beauty, and although these objects are readily found on the market, an example of this type and quality with a distinguished provenance is extremely rare," says Judith Barter, Field-McCormick chair of American Art at the museum.
The decorative glass lampshade is wrapped by a single row of downward-facing dragonflies ...