Contemporary Tiffany Style Stained & Leaded 3-Light Table Lamp

Lot description

Tiffany style table lamp, floral slag glass shade, incorporating stained and leaded panels, with cabochon trim and acanthus motifs, concealing three lights, composition (resin?) knopped central standard issuing stems, ending at floral blooms, rising on round base, overall with shade: approx 26.5"h, 18.25"w, 18.25"d, 21lbs Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.