Printed velvet
In 1904, Tiffany Studios advertised an exclusive new line of hand-printed textiles to be exhibited within the company’s New York City showrooms. Created under Louis C. Tiffany’s personal supervision, these artistic textiles, known as "Tiffany Fabrics," were marketed as having the same effects and richness of color "so wonderfully expressed in Favrile Glass." Here, the reflective quality of the silk pile and layers of printed floral designs contribute to the fabric’s visual effects in changing light, recalling the varying hues and reflections of color in Tiffany’s opalescent glass windows and vessels. This velvet is a rare surviving example of a marked Tiffany printed textile: "TIFFANY FABRIC" is stenciled on the fabric’s edge.
Artwork Details
- Title: Printed velvet
- Designer: Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: ca. 1885–1905
- Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Silk and cotton, printed
- Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 27 in. (55.2 x 68.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul and Chloe Nassau, 1998
- Object Number: 1998.169
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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