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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Paperweight Vase

Paperweight Vase

c. 1914–18
(American, 1848–1933)
(America, New York, 1902–1932)
America, New York
glass
Overall: 19.4 x 14.3 cm (7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1970.126
Location: 209 Tiffany

Did You Know?

Louis Comfort Tiffany's paperweight vases feature glass patterns inset into a separate background of glass in the same way that conventional paperweights are made.

Description

When Louis Comfort Tiffany began collaborating with glass artists on new types of production, his aesthetic ambitions were finally realized in the development of Favrile glass, a term he created to imply “handmade.” Largely through his marketing ability, Favrile glass became America’s greatest contribution to the Art Nouveau style. His works were exhibited at international expositions; at 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. From the outset, Tiffany used Favrile glass in mosaic panels, stained glass windows, and his artistic line of table and floor lamps.
  • (Cowell and Hubbard, c. 1935)
    ?-1970
    Mrs. Gerri Walters, Bay Village, OH
    1970-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 234 archive.org
    Hawley, Henry H. Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997. Reproduced: fig. 7, p. 14; Mentioned: fig. 7, p. 15
    Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, Jeannine J Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008. Reproduced: P. 8; Mentioned: P. 340, no. 306
  • Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (10/20/2019 - 10/4/2020)
    Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
  • {{cite web|title=Paperweight Vase|url=false|author=Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios|year=c. 1914–18|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.126