“It’s not something for everyone, but in terms of its moment it’s a star.”
Curator Beth Wees on the late-nineteenth-century Adams Vase manufactured by Tiffany & Co..
Over the Top
Beth Carver Wees
2 min. watch
Contributors
Beth Carver Wees
Curator
Curator
Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee
Art Mentioned
Designer Designed by Paulding Farnham
Manufacturer Manufactured by Tiffany & Co.
1893–95
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