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Duncan, AlastairTiffany Lamps and Metalware : an Illustrated Reference to over 2000 ModelsAntique Collectors Club Dist. 2006. Hardcover. 528 pages; 1,044 ilustrations in black and white, 913 in color. 30 x 24 cm.Black cloth with gold lettering in dust jacket housed in original slipcase.An encyclopaedic visual record of the lamp and metalware models generated by the Tiffany Studios during more than thirty years of uninterrupted production. A large number of items have been reproduced from photographs held in the firm’s original albums, twenty-five years of auction catalogues and other archival sources, many shown in spectacular color…Illustrates over 2,000 models, many with Tiffany’s original model numbers. Tiffany Studios never published a complete list of its incredibly prolific output; this book is as close as one could possibly come to a catalogue raisonné. This beautiful and comprehensive work illustrates a seemingly inexhaustible selection of the oil and electric light fixtures issued by the Tiffany studios: table and floor lamps, chandeliers and sconces. Also included are the other metalware items produced by the firm, including fancy goods, desk sets, miscellaneous household goods such as toiletries and smoking accessories, inkstands, candlesticks, photograph frames, bookends, tea screens, clocks, tobacco jars, humidors – the list is almost endless. Tiffany Lamps and Metalware is the ultimate pictorial reference work for both enthusiasts and collectors of Tiffany. Very good copy