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- Title
- Element from a mosaic frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House, New York
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- This mosaic panel depicts flowers and tendrils against a background with both a chevron pattern and a round flower-like patten. Along either side is a tapering beige element that is half of a blade of a plant; when joined with another panel, they create a full plant blade.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890-1891
- Accession Number
- 1986.146.8B
- Medium and Support
- iridescent glass on plaster
- relevance
- rank 13.63911
- Primary Keywords
- mosaics
- Title
- Peacock Mosaic, from the entrance hall of the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- Two male peacocks in profile face one another at the center. The work has a strong vertical axis, accented by several larger domed and carbochon glass elements. The peacocks stand upon a curling vine-like design of tan tesserae upon a deep blue field of tesserae interspersed with round malachite-colored pieces of glass. The areas behind the peacocks consists of round white and hexagonal tesserae that move from deep blue to a pale tan/green color. At the central vertical axis are several abstract pieces of opaque brown, orange and blue glass.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890-1891
- Accession Number
- 1986.146.9
- Medium and Support
- favrile glass, pottery, and plaster
- relevance
- rank 13.33587
- Primary Keywords
- architectural elements
- mosaics