Design for fireplace objects
This sketch for a fireplace screen and associated tools shows Tiffany experimenting with the rhythmic geometry prevalent in contemporaneous European designs, such as those of the Wiener Werstatte and those of Charles Rennie MacKintosh. While the planar forms are a departure from Tiffany's Art Nouveau designs, they reveal his continuous interest in luxurious beauty: the sheets of mica and the green-glass jewels would have shimmered within the dull brass framework. As the inscription notes, these pieces were made for a Mrs. Platt of Springfield , Massachusetts.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for fireplace objects
- Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: late 19th–early 20th century
- Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin USA
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (37.9 × 50.5 cm)
Storage (mat size): 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Framed (AW C): 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (46.4 × 61.6 cm) - Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.654.14
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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