Thermometer

Designer Designed by Louis C. Tiffany American

ca. 1905–20

Not on view

This cast and gilt bronze thermometer, with red polychrome rubbed into its recesses, would have been at home on a desk in a library. Each item in the "Bookmark" desk set was designed around the colophon of a notable printer in history. Tiffany used this subject in the wall and mantel decoration for the New York City library of his friend Robert W. de Forest and introduced it as an ornamental motif in the decorations his firm supplied for the Chicago Public Library in 1897.

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Title: Thermometer
Designer: Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
Date: ca. 1905–20
Geography: Made in Queens, New York, New York, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (22.5 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of John F. Scharffenberger, 1990
Object Number: 1990.314.15
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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