Bowl (c. 1896): Art, History and Details

Bowl (c. 1896) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Among his many achievements in the decorative arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany invented a type of glass with unprecedented opalescence that he patented under the name Favrile, derived from an Old English word meaning "handcrafted." Tiffany memorably described his Favrile glass as "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."

Object facts

• Title: Bowl
• Date: c. 1896
• Creator attribution: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902)
• Culture: America
• Type: Glass
• Technique: Favrile glass
• Dimensions: Overall: 18 x 25 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2023.129

A detail from the museum

Located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Wade Memorial Chapel features an interior designed by Tiffany.

Collection credit

Gift in memory of Sam Minoff, donated by Mike & Amy Southard

View the collection record

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