Interestingly, Jay Gould’s crypt is soldered closed. Tiffany Studios Attributed to Clara Wolcott Driscoll Leaded glass, metal filigree, bronze, glass mosaic 19 x 14 in. The electric light bulb was considered so bright that these stained glass screens were used to prevent glare for eyes used to reading by gaslight. If any of these materials become damaged, the dangerous asbestos fibers can easily be inhaled or ingested. Anecdotally, it appears Jay Gould may have started using the services of Tiffany at the time of redecoration of Lyndhurst in about 1882. Held in a Herter Brothers frame, this is one of three transom windows placed in the Lyndhurst parlor during Jay Gould’s redecoration. Gould had much of his correspondence and records destroyed upon his death, and the fire at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany’s sumptuous home on Long Island, destroyed many of his records as well. Gould was born on February 6, 1864, the eldest son of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). The lamp may have been acquired by Jay Gould or his eldest daughter Helen as she began to update Lyndhurst. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. While the Jay Gould/Louis Tiffany relationship may be impossible to substantiate, it is clear that Tiffany had a lasting relationship with Helen Gould who made many purchases for both Lyndhurst and the former Fifth Avenue Mansion. Her Entertaining Was a Feature of British Capital. Jul 20, 2014 - Jay Gould's Circus, Glencoe Mn 1940's Circus family picture. Jay was raised at Manhattan, New York where his father was a stock broker. Husband Is Distinguished Irish Peer", "Lady MacNeal Dies. It was displayed with Candace Wheeler portieres and a Herter Brothers Japonesque table from the Lyndhurst collection, this mise-en-scene recreates Gould’s interiors, a mix of long out-of-fashion decor combined with the latest in work from Tiffany. Gould’s landscape window was massive, close to 10 feet high, and the reproduction in the exhibition was shown at half size. Above is the home of the Jay Gould family at 47th street & Fifth Avenue.Jay Gould was considered one of the most cunning of all the robber barons of the Gilded Age, but at home on Fifth Avenue and at his country estate, Lyndhurst at Tarrytown, New York, he was a devoted husband and loving father. At the same time, like her father, Helen seems to have been attracted to pieces that were noted in the press or at exhibitions for being the finest of their type. His mother, Mary More, was the daughter of a businessman. This chair may have been maid for a second-floor sitting room. Early History of the Gould family. Tiffany Studios, Arthur Saunders designer Blown and cased glass, 14 3/4 Inscribed: 1999H L.C. Perhaps the most dramatic alteration that Helen Gould made to the decor of her Fifth Avenue mansion, originally installed in the 1880s by her father Jay Gould, was the addition of a monumental leaded-glass window from Tiffany Studios at the end of the home’s entry hall. Drexel, Jr. The second best result is Jay M Gould age 60s in Lawndale, CA in the Lawndale neighborhood. Helen Gould’s estate was sold in 1942 by the Kende Gallery at Gimbel Brothers Department Store. His father was of British ancestry and his mother was of Scottish ancestry. Jay had several children and, among them, they married a Tallyrand, a Baron Decies, and a Drexel. With the electrification of her mansion on Fifth Avenue and Lyndhurst, Helen Gould was quite content to retrofit gas light fixtures from the 1880s with Tiffany shades meant for new electric lighting. The family tree listed here should not be considered exhaustive or authoritative. The designs for the windows that survive at Lyndhurst are believed to have been executed by Frederick Wilson from 1893-1894, right at the start of his work for Tiffany. It is reminiscent of the patterns in Tiffany’s spectacular spiderweb lamps. People Projects Discussions Surnames Then with the three children in tow, they moved to England. She was involved in numerous philanthropic works during her lifetime. The church had burned in 1892, and Gould’s wife had recently passed away. Just selling you hope so you do absolutely nothing as (((they))) continue asset stripping you until the day your family wakes up homeless in the gutter. This example, one of the largest made, comes from a collection formed by Joseph Briggs, Tiffany’s mosaic studio foreman and later financial manager of Tiffany Studios after Louis C. Tiffany’s retirement from the business. Grandson Of Founder Of Family Fortune Dies. Helen Gould inherited large collections of fine and decorative arts from her father and was an aggressive collector. Although the sales catalog descriptions of most lots are cursory and few pieces are pictured, it is clear that Helen Gould owned both an aquamarine goldfish vase and an aquamarine lily vase. His estate was valued at $15,054,627 but after debts were paid it was worth $5,175,590 in 1933 dollars.[15][2]. Tiffany. Leaves $30,000,000. Jay Gould was born on May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, a village located in the Delaware County, New York. While Helen Gould was happy to live with the decorations installed by her father at both Lyndhurst and Fifth Avenue, other New York collectors employed Tiffany to do complete redecorations of their homes. Originally part of a pair, this small glass screen was meant to conceal the burning flame underneath a silver tea pot. Gould was first exposed to asbestos through his work in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) a… Height 10 1/4 inches.” A similar aquamarine vase with a high neck came on the American auction market approximately a decade ago. He attended a local school and learned basic subjects. Former Helen Vivien Gould Was Principal in Brilliant International Wedding of 1911. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. It displays the refined orientalist aesthetic that Tiffany would introduce to the American public at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The micromosaic decoration of this chair relates closely to the inlaid Japanese lacquer owned by the Havermeyers. Before Tiffany, Gould had worked extensively with the Herter Brothers. The Havermeyers employed Tiffany and Colman in 1891 to decorate their East 66th Street residence. In one of the Fifth Avenue bedrooms, Gould updated an Aesthetic Movement gas chandelier by adding simple favrile glass shades to the six upright gas sconces while replacing the hanging pull-down reading lamp segment of the fixture with a large dragonfly shade otherwise meant for a chandelier. This photograph is believed to have been taken shortly after Jay Gould’s death. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gould research. While neither Jay nor Helen Gould needed to use their collections to impress their peers – neither was voraciously social – they seemed to like knowing that they were getting the best pieces. Apr 26, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Vanessa Brodrick. Tiffany Studios, Agnes Northrop designer. Jay’s oldest son, George, inherited the family fortune. Around the time of the Gould commission, LaFarge started his own decorating company which supplied designs and glass for window commissions. He received some education in a local school. He was self-taught in surveying and in his late teens he was employed making maps of counties in New York State. The mineral could be found in everything from construction materials like roofing shingles to protective clothing and automotive parts. White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 03:29. Once On Rail Boards. This is a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Jay Ghoul House of Curiosities - CANCELLED. Jay Gould was very close to his wife and children and together, his family determined what charities they would fund. This is perhaps the largest and most impressive example of these complicated vases. Upon his father's death George inherited the Gould fortune and his father's railroad holdings, including the DRGW and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1880, Gould purchased both a brownstone on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Lyndhurst, then located in Irvington, New York (now Tarrytown, New York) which was, so to speak, the Greenwich, CT of the Gilded Age. Jay Gould was a second son of his seven children, the eldest being Kingdon Gould, the present head of the family. Associated Artists Printed cotton velvet, length 88 in. Last Malady a Secret. In 1905 Jay Gould, then a youth of 16, startled the court tennis world by becoming runner-up in the annual tournament at Tuxedo Park. Wrote Autobiography Telling of Family Life ...", "Gloria Gould Barker Is Drowned In Swim Pool at Arizona Home. George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. Jay married first to Jennifer Beryl Bruce on 21 September 1944 at Beverly Hills, California. [14], He died of pneumonia on May 16, 1923, on the French Riviera after contracting a fever in Egypt where he visited the tomb of Tutankhamun. Moth Screen: Lyndhurst, Lamp: Tiffany Studios Favrile glass, bronze base with rich brown-green patina, 26 x 20 in. At Lyndhurst he raised orchids in the spectacular greenhouse there and it was once said … Copyright © Placing these windows firmly in either the LaFarge or his decorating company may be impossible but in design and technique, the transom windows in the Lyndhurst parlor are clearly LaFarge-esque. Was Noted As Hostess. A native of Roxbury, New York, Jay Gould was born May 27, 1836, on a small farm operated by his parents, John Burr Gould and Mary (More) Gould. The Goulds and the Tiffanys both went to the Presbyterian Church in Irvington and in a surviving letter to the church, Helen Gould (Jay Gould’s daughter) referred to the “younger Tiffany” implying she knew both Louis C. Tiffany (who was twenty years her senior) and his father, Charles, the elder Tiffany.