Fabled Restaurant Tavern on the Green Will Auction Off

CRYSTAL ROOM: Glorious dining area where auctions are to be held. (Courtesy of Guernsey's)

On January 13, 14, and 15, Guernsey’s will auction off New York’s legendary Tavern on the Green. The sale will occur on-site in the Crystal Room at the glittering edifice on West 67th Street and Central Park West.

Hundreds of lots will be sold without minimum reserve during the three-day auction. Items include: magnificent Baccarat crystal chandeliers, radiant stained-glass pieces with antique Tiffany glass, copper weathervanes, stone sculptures, large etched glass mirrors and Venetian glass, as well as large murals, according to Guernsey’s website. For the trained eye of a restaurateur or interior designer, the lot also features fine quality restaurant silverware, china, glassware, linens, as well as extravagant holiday decorations, outdoor topiaries and garden furniture.

Auction previews will begin on January 6th through the 12th from noon to 8 p.m. each day. Ensuing the live auctions from Wednesday, January 13th to Friday, January 15th, an auction day open to the public but geared largely toward those in the trade such as restaurateurs, designers, architects will be held about a week later at a date to be announced, at Tavern in the Green’s Long Island City warehouse.

A brief selection of items from the auctioneer follows.

Ruddy Amethyst Baccarat Chandelier

A 19th-century 24-light Ruddy Amethyst Baccarat Chandelier likely crafted by Baccarat is hung lavishly with beaded garlands, blossoms, and tapering pendants made of French molded and cut parcel-gilt amethyst and clear glass. Its elaborate baluster standard supports three serrated pans, the bottom issuing 24 rope-twist s-scrolled arms supporting serrated bobêche and petal-form nozzles above a pan drop. Dimensions: H72“ X 40”.

 

 

 

Art Nouveau-Style Custom Tiffany Glass Hanging Lamp

Created in the early 1970’s for the Tavern on the Green, this 34-inch diameter circular Art Nouveau-style leaded glass ceiling lamp was crafted from Tiffany workshop glass, including square frogs’ back jewels, opalescent glass, and marbleized glass. It has detailed geometric bands with oval cartouches containing white and pink flowers. This is the ninth of thirteen pendant shades hanging in the Tavern’s North Corridor.

Tiffany Leaded Glass Art Nouveau Tableau

This American leaded glass panel features glass pieces from Tiffany workshops throughout the United States, including examples of the dappled glass which Louis Comfort Tiffany and his studios were famous for. The panel depicts an Art Nouveau-style woman riding atop a lion surrounded by morning glories, poinsettias, roses, convolvulus, and flanked by a menagerie of birds including a cockatoo, doves, and a phoenix. Hand-painting is evident in the details of the woman and her surrounding animals. The panel is signed and dated Savoy Studios, 1981.
Dimension: H77“ X 66.”