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Lot 25 PROPERTY FROM STRONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLAY, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE COLLECTIONS FUND
TIFFANY STUDIOS
A FAVRILE GLASS AND WROUGHT-IRON FIRE SCREEN, CIRCA 1905
Closed18 December 2007
Price Realised
USD 1,665,000
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Specialist note
According to Marilynn A. Johnson, in her book Louis Comfort Tiffany Artist for the Ages, this extraordinary wrought iron and glass "chain mail" fire screen was originally placed in Cro Nest, the Rochester, New York, home of Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946). Trained as an architect, Bragdon designed numerous buildings of note in the Rochester area. Of multifarious interests, however, Bragdon was also known for his stage designs, profound interest in mysticism and the occult, and his lectures and extensive writings on architecture, design, theater, yoga and theosophy. He was also a disciple of Louis Sullivan and wrote the forward to Sullivan's seminal treatise Kindergarten Chats.