Going into town for a new inkwell and pen rest in case Alice Roosevelt Longworth stops by for tea and wants to write a letter home. Images from a trade catalogue with desk sets from Tiffany Studios that include lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910.

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Front cover of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain due to age. via https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1175/rec/17
ABALONE DESK SET. This is a bronze set of beautiful workmanship, highly finished in soft gold or silver with incised lines of tonal color following the conventionalized pattern of the design. This ornament surrounds discs of the natural Abalone shell embedded in the metal. DESCRIPTION: Lamp – gold only; Shade; Pen Holder; Photograph Frame, 6 “ x 8 1/2;  Match Safe, no stand; Photograph Frame, 10” x 14”; Inkstand, small; Paper Rack; Blotter Ends, 19” x 24” Pad; Blotter Ends, 12’ x 9” Pad; Blotter Corners; Letter Rack; Inkstand; Stamp Box; Pen Tray; Pen Brush; Paper Knife; Rocker Blotter; Letter Clip; Calendar (Perpetual); Thermometer; Memoranda Pad, plain or dated; Letter Scales; Photograph Frame; Book Ends; Utility Box; Reading Glass; Photograph Frame (Cabinet). Pages 2 and 3 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain due to age. via https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1178/rec/17
A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE MANY AND VARIED PRODUCTS OF THE TIFFANY STUDIOS. TABLE FERNERIES 11” AND 12” IN DIAMETER FILLED WITH REMOVABLE PANS. List #833 Etched Metal over glass Price $50.00; List #834 Heavy Bronze, Marsh-marigold design Price $55.00; List #1701 Etched Metal, gold finish with color inlay, Price $28.00. FLOWER HOLDERS – Bronze bases surmounted by Favrile Glass Vases, various prices. COMFORTS AND CARD TRAYS – Etched metal with and without Abalone shell inlay, from $5.00 up. ASH RECEIVERS of heavy bronze, single and in nests; varied color finishes, from $5.00 up. Pages 26 and 27 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17
Bronze Smokers Stands, stationary or adjustable, fitted with removable Favrile Glass Bowls. Green or brown finish: #1651, $50.00; #1652, $75.00; #1650, $50.00; #1649, $38.00. Gold finish: #1651 $63.00 #1652, $94.00; #1650, $63.00; #1649, $48.00. Page 28 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17
Bronze Candlesticks. Finished in green or gold or bronze. Page 29 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17
LOUIS XVI DESK SET. Lovers of French Art will find in this set an expression of the exquisite delicacy of this Period. Set finished in dull gold. DESCRIPTION: Lamp – Shade extra; Pen Holder; Blotter Ends, 12” x 19” Pad; Pen Tray; Utility Box; Paper Knife; Inkstand; Paper Rack; Pad Holder, plain or engagement; Rocker Blotter; Calendar.  Page 16 and 17 of a Tiffany Desk Sets trade catalog from Tiffany Studios, New York which includes Includes lamps, magnifying glasses, frames, vases, and ashtrays. ca. 1910. American. Tiffany Publications and Ephemeral Materials Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. In the public domain https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll5/id/1202/rec/17

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