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Stenciled Velvet

c. 1902–10
designer

Dorothy Marshall Hornblower

(American, 1886–1968)
maker

Tiffany Studios

(United States, New York, 1902–32)
Culture
America, New York
Medium
plain silk velvet stencilled with vegetable dyes
Measurements
Overall: 22 x 30.8 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 36.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph F. Sindelar 1948.102
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This morning glory pattern stenciled velvet was likely used for drapery fabric.

Description

Textiles formed a large part of Louis Comfort Tiffany's artistic production, especially since he used many of them in his designs for artistic interiors. His clients included many society notables, institutions, churches, and even the White House. Tiffany employed many women artisans in his business, including Dorothy Marshall Hornblower, who oversaw the textile department and likely designed this ethereal Art Nouveau pattern.
A horizontally rectangular silk velvet swatch stenciled with a dense arrangement of morning glory flowers and heart-shaped leaves features muted shades of deep teal, purple, and forest green. Bell-shaped flowers in dusty pink, cream, and pale violet scatter throughout. Toward the right, yellow-green foliage overlaps several blossoms. The short velvet pile creates soft, blurred transitions between these various colors, and the rectangular fabric has frayed edges.

Stenciled Velvet

c. 1902–10

Dorothy Marshall Hornblower, Tiffany Studios

(American, 1886–1968), (United States, New York, 1902–32)
America, New York

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