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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 because of its rich colors, organic shapes, and sinuous decoration. Tiffany perfected his Favrile glassware in 1892, with objects ready for commercial sale a year later. The glowing, iridescent quality of Favrile glass was intended to mimic the same qualities found in ancient glass unearthed in archaeological digs. Tiffany noted that his glass "is distinguished by brilliant or deeply toned colors, usually iridescent like the wings of certain American butterflies, the necks of pigeons and peacocks, the wing covers of various beetles." The iridescent effect was obtained though the vapors of metallic oxides interacting with the surface of the hot glass.
Adapted from
- Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 456.
- DMA unpublished material, 2017.
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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.
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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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General Description
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 because of its rich colors, organic shapes, and sinuous decoration. Tiffany perfected his Favrile glassware in 1892, with objects ready for commercial sale a year later. The glowing, iridescent quality of Favrile glass was intended to mimic the same qualities found in ancient glass unearthed in archaeological digs. Tiffany noted that his glass "is distinguished by brilliant or deeply toned colors, usually iridescent like the wings of certain American butterflies, the necks of pigeons and peacocks, the wing covers of various beetles." The iridescent effect was obtained though the vapors of metallic oxides interacting with the surface of the hot glass.
Adapted from
- Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 456.
- DMA unpublished material, 2017.
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updated provenance and geo x refs in TMS
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
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.
AUDIO ASSETS
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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