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Armchair

c. 1891–93
designer

Louis Comfort Tiffany

(American, 1848–1933)
maker

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company

(America, New York, 1892–1902)
Culture
America, New York
Medium
Primavera with inlays of brass and various woods
Measurements
Overall: 82.9 x 63.2 x 64.3 cm (32 5/8 x 24 7/8 x 25 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1990.91
Public Domain
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Location
208 American Gilded Age and Realism
Print
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Embellished with elaborate carved flowers and inlaid wooden mosaics, this armchair repeats many of the motifs found in Tiffany’s lamps.

Description

Louis Comfort Tiffany began his artistic career as a painter, having studied with George Innes and Samuel Colman in America as well as with various artists in Paris. While he achieved some early success with his orientalist works, his interests were soon drawn to interior furnishings and design. He collaborated with other artisans to form Associated Artists in 1879 and began work on major commissions such as the Mark Twain House (1881) and the White House for President Chester Arthur (1882). He debuted designs for furniture at the 1893 Chicago world's fair, and this armchair is believed to have been among those pieces. Even after he achieved enormous success with his glass production, Tiffany continued to produce interior furnishings and design schemes for artistic interiors throughout the rest of his career.
A light brown wooden armchair features muted green velvet upholstery on the backrest and a thick seat cushion. Carved scrollwork crowns the low backrest above wide, downward-curving armrests inlaid with diamond patterns. A band of intricate wood inlay wraps the base of the seat frame, supported by four tapered, fluted legs that end in small metal wheels. Fine trim outlines the green fabric where it joins the wood frame.

Armchair

c. 1891–93

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company

(American, 1848–1933), (America, New York, 1892–1902)
America, New York

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