1983.29, Louis Comfort Tiffany, "Favrile" vase with Green Wave design, 1901, blown glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany was one of America's most important designers at the turn of the 19th century. The glass produced at his Corona Furnace on Long Island was especially famous. In addition to US markets, Tiffany glass was also sold at L'Art Nouveau, the Paris shop of Siegfried Bing. This gallery not only gave the style its name, but showcased the work of the finest art nouveau designers. Because of its rich colors, organic shapes, and sinuous decoration, Tiffany glass was considered among the best in the world.

Charles Venable, "Three Favrile vases," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, ed. Charles Venable (New Haven, NJ: Yale University Press, 1997), 241.

Until 1983: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Waggener, Dallas, Texas [1]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of the above [2]

[1] See Deed of Gift in Collections Records Object File (1983.29)

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

13315978: UMO. Exhibition lecture in conjunction with Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement; with Martin Eidelberg, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Rutgers University; explore American artists’ varied responses to the challenges and tensions of an urban, industrial society and the demands of art at the turn of the century—from the furniture made by Gustav Stickley, to the ceramics made at the Rookwood and Grueby potteries, and the lamps and Favrile glass vases from Tiffany Studios

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