Clars’ September Gallery Auction will provide an elevated experience, bringing together an Important Arts & Crafts Collection that features distinguished designers.

The Arts & Crafts section is led by a Dirk Van Erp hammered copper and mica rivet-base table lamp, featuring a vented shade, original mica, and closed-box mark with the ghost of D’Arcy Gaw. The 19-inch-high lamp is estimated at $8,000–$10,000.

A Tiffany Studios Favrile lamp, measuring 17.5 inches high, carries an estimate of $5,000–$7,000. A fascinating piece of Panama-Pacific International Exposition history is represented by a cased presentation box of fitted Novagems, given to Edwin J. Symmes in 1915 in appreciation of his architectural contributions to the exhibition’s “Joy Zone.” The boxed set is expected to achieve $5,000–$7,000.

The collection continues with an early L. & J.G. Stickley three-door bookcase, #331½, Onondaga Shops, estimated at $4,000–$6,000, and a Gustav Stickley spindle Morris chair, estimated at $2,500–$3,500. Collectors will also find an impressive group of works associated with Dirk Van Erp and Elizabeth D’Arcy Gaw, including two hammered copper “warty” bowls, as well as an Arts and Crafts Wilder Bentley leaded glass door, original to the Frederickson House in Berkeley, California, estimated at $2,000–$4,000.

Furniture highlights include a Gustav Stickley nine-drawer chest, estimated at $2,000–$5,000; a Gustav Stickley Eastwood, New York, bookcase, estimated at $1,500–$2,500; a Gustav Stickley model 65 dining table, estimated at $1,500–$2,500; and a Gustav Stickley leather-top lamp table, also estimated at $1,500–$2,500. Several Stickley pieces carry provenance from Isak Lindenauer, San Francisco.

Ceramics include a rare Rookwood Kataro Shirayamadani iris-decorated vase, estimated at $2,000–$3,000, and a rare and massive Teco Pottery floor vase with steel-blue matte glaze, estimated at $2,000–$4,000. A hand-hammered copper and mica floor lamp rounds out the lighting selection at $2,000–$4,000.

Louis Comfort Tiffany was a prolific American designer whose career spanned from the 1870s–1920s. While he was most well known for his stained glass, he produced pieces in a variety of mediums, including pottery, metalwork, and lighting.

At the close of the 19th century, Louis Comfort Tiffany first developed Favrile glass. Deeply impressed from a recent trip to Europe in the 1860s, Tiffany drew inspiration from Roman and Syrian glass making. After much experimenting, Tiffany’s technique of ingraining color within the glass set it apart from other types of iridescent glass, resulting in the beautiful distinctive hues of Favrile glass.

Tiffany was also largely inspired by nature – he was captivated by the array of lush colors of flowers and plants. This attraction to color also contributed to the brilliant shades featured in Favrile glass objects.

Tiffany went on to win a grand prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition (the World’s Fair), for his Favrile glass. Later, he began producing lamps and large stained-glass Favrile pieces, cementing himself as one of the most influential figures in the Art Nouveau style through to the Arts and Crafts period.