Design for fireplace objects

late 19th–early 20th century

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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Title: Design for fireplace objects
Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
Culture: American
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (37.9 × 50.5 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Framed (AW C): 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (46.4 × 61.6 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.654.14
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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