id: 160043 accession number: 1997.300 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.300 updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:29.705000 Cypriot Vase, c. 1895–1900. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902). Favrile glass; diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Virginia Hubbell 1997.300 title: Cypriot Vase title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1895–1900 creation date earliest: 1895 creation date latest: 1900 current location: creditline: Bequest of Virginia Hubbell copyright: --- culture: America, New York, 20th century technique: favrile glass department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902) - maker --- measurements: Diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany opening date: 2019-10-20T04:00:00 Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 20, 2019-June 14, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Virginia Hubbell, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1997 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1997- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Louis Comfort Tiffany took inspiration from the ancient glass artifacts found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. digital description: This small vase is an example of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. It was made in the style of ancient glass from Cyprus that Tiffany had admired for the iridescent color and encrusted texture of the surface caused by oxidation while buried for many years. Tiffany had noticed these qualities in ancient glass exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at his father's store, Tiffany & Co., in New York.

When Tiffany began collaborating with artisans on new types of glass production in the 1880s, 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. From the outset, 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 an example of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. It was made in the style of ancient glass from Cyprus that Tiffany had admired for the iridescent color and encrusted texture of the surface caused by oxidation while buried for many years. Tiffany had noticed these qualities in ancient glass exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at his father's store, Tiffany & Co., in New York.

When Tiffany began collaborating with artisans on new types of glass production in the 1880s, 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. From the outset, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Bifano, Wayne Thomas, and Timothy Lachina. The Wade Chapel: A Story of Art, Spirit, and Family. Cleveland, Ohio: Lake View Cemetery Association, 2019. page number: Reproduced: P. 86 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.300/1997.300_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.300/1997.300_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.300/1997.300_full.tif