A Historically Important John La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Aesthetic Lantern
Opalescent and confetti glass and patinaed bronze. Inscribed 'J. LaFarge 1880' on multiple panels.
Lantern 13 x 13 in. Max Ht. 39 in.
Purchased and vetted by Paul Christ on behalf of Howard Booher Sr. at Bonhams & Butterfields in the early 1990s.

Literature: Edward Strahan, Mr. Vanderbilt's House and Collection, vol. III, Boston, 1883, n.p. (for a rendering showing related lanterns in the Japanese Room of the William H. Vanderbilt mansion, New York) Henry A. La Farge, "John La Farge's Work in the Vanderbilt Houses," The American Art Journal, Autumn 1984, pp. 40-41 (for Strahan's rendering showing related lanterns in the Japanese Room of the William H. Vanderbilt mansion, New York and for a nearly identical lantern by La Farge with variant glass panels).

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