Design for fireplace objects
Louis C. Tiffany American
Tiffany Studios
Not on view
This sketch for a fireplace screen and associated tools shows Tiffany experimenting with the rhythmic geometry prevalent in contemporaneous European designs, such as those of the Wiener Werstatte and those of Charles Rennie MacKintosh. While the planar forms are a departure from Tiffany's Art Nouveau designs, they reveal his continuous interest in luxurious beauty: the sheets of mica and the green-glass jewels would have shimmered within the dull brass framework. As the inscription notes, these pieces were made for a Mrs. Platt of Springfield , Massachusetts.
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