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Fragment of a Design for a Theater

1892-1925
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 691

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fragment of a Design for a Theater
  • 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: 1892-1925
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, metallic paint, and graphite on translucent paper, mounted on paper mounted on paperboard, squared in pencil
  • Dimensions: 19 7/8 × 24 1/2 in. (50.5 × 62.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.654.67
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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