The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Vase

Vase

c. 1915–20
(America, New York, 1902–1932)
Overall: 21.3 x 21.1 cm (8 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Location: 209 Tiffany

Did You Know?

Tiffany's artisans designed this vase with multicolored swirling patterns to reflect the taste for naturalistic forms and colors fashionable in the early 1900s.

Description

When Louis Comfort Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were finally realized in the development of Favrile glass, a term he created to imply “handmade.” Largely through his marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; at galleries in major European cities, where his creations were bought by many museums; and in his store in Manhattan, known as the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., later Tiffany Studios. From the outset, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps.
  • Mrs. Donald T. Caunter, Shaker Heights, Ohio.
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=Vase|url=false|author=Tiffany Studios|year=c. 1915–20|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.71