Tatler Hong Kong

Tiffany Dragonfly Floor Lamp

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LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848-1933) WAS ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED DECORATIVE ARTISTS OF HIS TIME. HIS EARLY 20TH-CENTURY LAMPS EMBODIED THE ART NOUVEAU SPIRIT OF THE ERA: A BUOYANT, ALL-ENCOMPASSI­NG OPTIMISM THAT CONSIDERED EVEN THE MOST INSIGNIFIC­ANT OBJECTS TO BE WORTHY OF ATTENTION. “WHAT MAKES THIS LAMP REMARKABLE IS THE SENSITIVE INTERPRETA­TION OF NATURE,” SAYS ARLIE SULKA, OWNER OF LILLIAN NASSAU, THE GALLERY BRINGING THE 1906 FLOOR LAMP TO HONG KONG.

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