id: 296873
accession number: 2018.272
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.272
updated: 2022-01-04 18:06:34.311000
Cypriot Vase, c. 1895–1900. Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902). Favrile glass; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Maurer 2018.272
title: Cypriot Vase
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creation date: c. 1895–1900
creation date earliest: 1895
creation date latest: 1900
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creditline: Bequest of Charles Maurer
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culture: America, New York, early 20th Century
technique: Favrile glass
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Glass
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CREATORS
* Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American, New York, 1892–1902) - maker
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inscription: engraved on underside: L.C.T. 5339 #206
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Charles Maurer [1929-2016], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-2018
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2018–
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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.
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