Vase (c. 1905–10): Art, History and Details

Vase (c. 1905–10) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32).

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. 1905–10
• Creator attribution: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32)
• Culture: America
• Type: Glass
• Technique: favrile glass
• Dimensions: Diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1997.304

A detail from the museum

Benjamin Hubbell, the architect of the Cleveland Museum of Art, acquired this vase from Louis Comfort Tiffany, with whom he collaborated on various projects.

Collection credit

Bequest of Virginia Hubbell

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