Design for Enamel "Hawthorn" Covered Jar

Designer Attributed to Julia Munson American

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company American

ca. 1898–1900

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 691

This design drawing is from the Tiffany Studios and depicts a highly finished rendering of an enameled covered vase. The designer’s deft handling of the watercolor medium was particularly effective in the luminous colored washes in varying shades of purple, blue, green, and pink, and is admirably enhanced by the use of graphite hatching. Tiffany added enamel work to his oeuvre in about 1898, and the women who were executing the enamel work demonstrated sensitive handling of the medium, in their delicate shading and coloristic properties, admirably suggested in this drawing.

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Title: Design for Enamel "Hawthorn" Covered Jar
Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
Designer: Attributed to Julia Munson (American, 1875–1971)
Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
Date: ca. 1898–1900
Geography: Country of Origin United States
Culture: American
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 12 in. (38 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2021
Object Number: 2021.14.29
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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