Design for interior fireplace wall

Louis C. Tiffany American
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company American
or Tiffany Studios

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 743

Fireplace mantels offered a place to display clocks, mirrors, books, vases, photographs, and other items that reflected an individual’s tastes. Magazines like Harper’s Bazar encouraged simplicity and grace when decorating fireplaces, as “overloading the shelf” could potentially “spoil” the arrangement. Here, Tiffany’s designers followed this trend by rendering two elegant golf candelabra and a blue glazed vase on a Tudor Revival mantel. Scrawled notes in the upper left corner of the drawing provide insight into the other materials proposed for this commission. “Burl walnut” may have been planned for the dark wood paneling, while a Japanese “blue fiber” was chosen to decorate the walls of the room.

Design for interior fireplace wall, Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York), Watercolor, graphite, and ink on tissue mounted on board., American

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