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LR ANTIQUES 2230 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005 tel: 713.524.3272 fax: 713.935.0117 email: lrantiques@lrantiques.com internet: www.lrantiques.com 115 A Tiffany Favrile Floriform Lamp With Pulled Feather Design Favrile Glass Tiffany patented Favrile glass in 1880. The trade name Favrile was derived from the French word, fabrile, meaning handcrafted. Favrile glass often has a distinctive characteristic that is common in some glass from Classical antiquity: it possesses a superficial iridescence. This iridescence causes the surface to shimmer, but also causes a degree of opacity. This iridescent effect of the glass was obtained by mixing different colors of glass together while hot. According to Tiffany: “Favrile glass is distinguished by brilliant or deeply toned colors, usually iridescent like the wings of certain American butterflies, the necks of pigeons and peacocks, the wing covers of various beetles.” The lamp is designed by J.A. Steward, ca. 1926, de verre Favrile. Illustrated: Louis C. Tiffany's Glass by Robert Koch (p. 82, pl. 96). Excellent condition with original cord. 17" tall; 10" shade diam. FINE PORCELAIN, ART GLASS, PERIOD FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART