Tulip-shaped Vase (base broken off) / Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Accession Number
1972/2.207
Title
Tulip-shaped Vase (base broken off)
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1848-1933
Medium and Support
opalescent and iridescent glass
Object Creation Date
circa 1896-1900
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
Art Nouveau
Inscription
Initialed and numbered on base: L.C.T. M 570 Sticker on base: FAVRILE T G D CO
Dimensions
33 cm (13 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts
Primary Object Type
vase
Physical Description
This vase is in the form of a flower. The "petals" of the vessel are of folded iridescent glass in shades of gold, pink, and green. The slender green "stem" continues to the base, also in green glass.
Subject Matter
Henry and Lousine Havemeyer were active collectors of the hand-made, iridescent glass made by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany had been known for making leaded windows since the late 1870s, but only began to make blown-glass vessels in the early 1890s—not long after his work on the Havemeyer house in New York. Tiffany’s term for this opulent glasswork was Favrile (a term derived from the Old English work fabrile, meaning “handmade”); Tiffany obtained a patent for the richly colored and iridescent
Favrile glass in 1894.
Working with Tiffany to select outstanding pieces, the Havemeyers amassed an impressive collection of Tiffany’s Favrile glass; much of it was donated by the family to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nearly all of the Tiffany glass in the University of Michigan’s collection was purchased at auction in 1930, along with the architectural fragments, by Emil Lorch, University of Michigan's Dean of the College of Architecture and Design.
Primary Keywords
flowers
glass
vase
vessels
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Record
1972/2.207
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"Tulip-shaped Vase (base broken off); Louis Comfort Tiffany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.207/1972_2.207pre5-95.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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