Vase (c. 1900): Art, History and Details

Vase (c. 1900) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902); Siegfried Bing (German, active in France, 1838–1905).

The work and its context

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

This small vase is made of Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature Favrile glass. Early on when Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were realized in the development of Favrile glass, deliberately named to sound French, expensive, and “handmade.” Largely through Tiffany's marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; galleries in major European cities, where his creations were bought by many museums; and in his store in Manhattan, known as the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., later Tiffany Studios. Along with the many shapes and sizes of his decorative vases, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps.

Object facts

• Title: Vase
• Date: c. 1900
• Creator attribution: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (America, New York, 1892–1902); Siegfried Bing (German, active in France, 1838–1905)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Glass
• Technique: Favrile glass, silver mount
• Dimensions: 13 x 11.5 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2018.279

A detail from the museum

This vase has French mounts indicating that it was likely sold by Louis Comfort Tiffany's agent in Paris, Siegfried Bing, who helped popularize Tiffany's designs throughout Europe.

Collection credit

Bequest of Charles Maurer

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.