id: 136303 accession number: 1960.186 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.186 updated: 2023-03-09 12:48:13.846000 Vase, c. 1900–1902. Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933), Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902). Favrile glass; overall: 16.5 x 8.3 cm (6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Arthur L. Brockway 1960.186 title: Vase title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1900–1902 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1902 current location: 209 Tiffany creditline: Gift of Mrs. Arthur L. Brockway copyright: --- culture: America, New York, early 20th Century technique: favrile glass department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933) - designer * Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902) - maker --- measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 8.3 cm (6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: etched on base: "L.C. Tiffany" and "4548E." Scratched on base "8169." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Virginia Brockway [1891-1976], Cleveland, OH date: ?-1960 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1960- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Introducing various chemicals into the molten glass within the furnace produced multicolored iridescence on the surface when this vase was blown and cooled. digital description: This small vase is made of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. Early on when Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were realized in the development of Favrile glass, deliberately named to sound French, expensive, and “handmade.” Largely through Tiffany's marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; 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. Along with the many shapes and sizes of his decorative vases, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps. wall description: This small vase is made of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. Early on when Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were realized in the development of Favrile glass, deliberately named to sound French, expensive, and “handmade.” Largely through Tiffany's marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; 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. Along with the many shapes and sizes of his decorative vases, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.186/1960.186_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.186/1960.186_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.186/1960.186_full.tif