attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (American designer, 1857-1953); Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.) (American manufacturer, founded ca. 1879)
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attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (American designer, 1857-1953); Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.) (American manufacturer, founded ca. 1879)
Creator
Location:
repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) 25.173a-o
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) 25.173a-o
Location
Location Note:
1000 Fifth Avenue
Work_LocationNotes
1000 Fifth Avenue
Location Note
GPS:
40.779150-73.962755
GPS
40.779150-73.962755
GPS
Date:
1923-1924 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1923-1924 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Art Nouveau; Gothic Revival; Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Art Nouveau; Gothic Revival; Twentieth century
Style Period
Work Type 1:
window
Work_Worktype1
window
Work Type 1
Work Type 2:
stained glass (visual work)
Work_Worktype2
stained glass (visual work)
Work Type 2
Classification:
decorative arts
Work_Classification
decorative arts
Classification
Material:
leaded Favrile glass; wood frame
Work_MaterialDisplay
leaded Favrile glass; wood frame
Material
Technique:
construction (assembling); stained glass
Work_Technique
construction (assembling); stained glass
Technique
Measurements:
132 in (height) x 102 in (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
132 in (height) x 102 in (width)
Measurements
Description:
Louis Comfort Tiffany began his career as a painter, working under the influence of such artists as George Inness (1825-1894) and Samuel Colman (1832-1920). Beginning in the late 1870s, Tiffany turned his attention to decorative arts and interiors, although he never abandoned painting. By late 1892 or early 1893, Tiffany built a glasshouse in Corona, Queens, New York, and, with Arthur Nash, a skilled glassworker from Stourbridge, England, his furnaces developed a method whereby different colors were blended together in the molten state, achieving subtle effects of shading and texture. Recalling the Old English word fabrile (hand-wrought), Tiffany named the blown glass from his furnaces Favrile. Of all of Tiffany's artistic endeavors, leaded-glass brought him the greatest recognition. Tiffany and his early rival, John La Farge, revolutionized the look of stained glass. Tiffany's use of opalescent and Favrile glass gave him the ability to "paint" with glass. His designers and workshop worked in the same technique. This window was in the house of Robert W. de Forest, New York, until 1925. (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum .org)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Louis Comfort Tiffany began his career as a painter, working under the influence of such artists as George Inness (1825-1894) and Samuel Colman (1832-1920). Beginning in the late 1870s, Tiffany turned his attention to decorative arts and interiors, although he never abandoned painting. By late 1892 or early 1893, Tiffany built a glasshouse in Corona, Queens, New York, and, with Arthur Nash, a skilled glassworker from Stourbridge, England, his furnaces developed a method whereby different colors were blended together in the molten state, achieving subtle effects of shading and texture. Recalling the Old English word fabrile (hand-wrought), Tiffany named the blown glass from his furnaces Favrile. Of all of Tiffany's artistic endeavors, leaded-glass brought him the greatest recognition. Tiffany and his early rival, John La Farge, revolutionized the look of stained glass. Tiffany's use of opalescent and Favrile glass gave him the ability to "paint" with glass. His designers and workshop worked in the same technique. This window was in the house of Robert W. de Forest, New York, until 1925. (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum .org)
