Tiffany Inlaid Tile Pendant - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Permanent Collection > American Decorative Arts

Tiffany Inlaid Tile Pendant

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A master of many media, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) was one of America’s most noted decorative artists at the turn of the century. Son of the founder of the silver and jewelry firm Tiffany and Company of New York, Louis Tiffany began his career as a painter but moved quickly to interior decoration and leaded-glass windows, creating innovative types of opalescent glass that radiated deep, vibrant hues. Using variations in color and thickness of glass, he achieved pictorial effects of unsurpassed subtlety and beauty. In addition to stained-glass windows and lighting fixtures, Tiffany’s studios also made luminous glass vases and bowls, pottery, furniture, textiles, jewelry, and works in bronze and enamel. As an extension of his work in blown and leaded glass, Tiffany designed glass mosaics for interiors. He attributed his inspiration to the dazzling interiors of the Byzantine churches he had visited as a young man. Garden Landscape, made about 1905–15, is a tour de force of glass mosaic. By freeing the glass from traditional shapes and colors, Tiffany created extraordinary and luminous imagery in mosaic that was unrealizable until that time. The lush, romantic landscape is framed by a geometric ornamental border dominated by greens and blues set against a shimmering gold-foil-backed textured glass. The Museum's pendant is based on the pattern decorating this border.

Sterling silver, with abalone and blue agate. Pendant length 1 3/4 in.; chain length 20 in.

Special offer, save 13%: set of 1 each Tiffany Inlaid Tile Pendant and Pierced Earrings

Set of 1 each Tiffany Inlaid Tile Pendant and Pierced Earrings
09-072570
Member Price: $315.00 each
Non-Member Price: $350.00 each

Tiffany Inlaid Tile Pendant
09-068156
Member Price: $220.50 each
Non-Member Price: $245.00 each

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Sale - Tiffany Chapel Altar Cross 09-068008 Member Price: $91.13 Non-Member Price: $101.25		Met Bestseller - Tiffany Inlaid Tile Bracelet 09-068057 Member Price: $355.50 Non-Member Price: $395.00		Met Bestseller - Tiffany Inlaid Tile Earrings Member Price: $157.50 Non-Member Price: $175.00

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