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Design for a marble pulpit, ca. 1895–1900
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)
American
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (1892–1902)
Watercolor and gum arabic on paper, 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.1 x 37.8 cm)
Inscription: (on central panel, beginning at lower left and reading
clockwise around perimeter) In loving memory of/ Chapin / Born
AD MDCCCLXXXII; (bottom) Born MCCCXX
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953 (53.679.1814)
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Of the surviving drawings of individual components for church furnishings,
this one for a marble pulpit is one of the most highly finished. The pulpit
was to be fabricated in brilliant white and contrasting green-figured marble,
framed by mosaic detailing. In an unusual instance, the draftsman simulated the
texture of highly polished marble by applying a coating of gum arabic to the green
areas, giving a sheen to the normally soft, matte paper surface.
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