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Cartoon for "Fruit Shade"

1900–1915
Not on view
This drawing is the only work in this installation with a linen rather than paper support, suggesting that it was actively used in the lampshade production process as a template for assembling the “Fruit” shade. Like the drawing of the “Snowball” shade (67.654.468), it is a watercolor study for a lampshade, but since the shade would ultimately have a cone shape, the openings to accommodate the curvature of the lamp appear at the bottom of the image.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cartoon for "Fruit Shade"
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Designer: Unidentified
  • Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
  • Maker: or Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
  • Date: 1900–1915
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, graphite, and ink on collage of textile mounted on paper
  • Dimensions: 15 5/8 × 12 11/16 in. (39.7 × 32.2 cm)
    Mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.654.225
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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