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Design for Chancel, First Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest, Illinois

1902
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692
Tiffany conceived his interiors as complete works of art, and his holistic approach is evident in this drawing of an altar wall. Beneath ornate mosaic arches are a beautifully rendered stained-glass window of Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen, an embroidered velvet hanging, a stone memorial tablet, gold-colored columns, and decorative wall painting. The ornamental mosaic decoration plays an important role in unifying these diverse elements. Done almost entirely in gold, green, and purple, it embraces the overall color palette of the church. Its intricate patterns are picked up in the embroidery of the velvet hanging and the wall painting bordering the window. Together, the mosaic and the mosaic-like elements serve to enliven what would otherwise be solid fields of color.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for Chancel, First Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest, Illinois
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Designer: Unidentified designer
  • Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
  • Maker: or Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
  • Date: 1902
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, ink and graphite on collage of translucent paper and gelatin silver print and collage of paper mounted on paper
  • Dimensions: 18 5/8 × 20 5/16 in. (47.3 × 51.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.654.426
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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