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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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BRACELET, after 1914
Design #F5165
Lapis lazuli, gold
Tiffany & Co.
(74-004) |
ART JEWELRY, FAVRILE METALWORK, AND
PRECIOUS GLASS BY LOUIS
COMFORT TIFFANY
Opening March 4, 2008:
The refreshed Art Jewelry, Favrile Metalwork, and Precious Glass gallery features more than three dozen objects, including 11 pieces of jewelry designed for the new art jewelry division Tiffany established at his late father’s firm, Tiffany & Co. Ten of the pieces — a necklace, a bracelet, four brooches and four rings —
are being presented in new mounts designed to showcase each to its fullest beauty. The new installation also includes a rarely exhibited jewelry design book by Meta Overbeck, who supervised the art jewelry department for Tiffany beginning in 1914.
RESOURCES
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"SPRING" FROM FOUR SEASONS
c. 1899-1900
Leaded-glass window
Tiffany Studios
(57-018) |
QUEST OF BEAUTY — LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY'S LIFE AND ART
November 6, 2007 through January 25, 2009:
One of the most basic approaches to any artist is biographical, a study that involves looking at a lifetime’s work from the perspective of the facts of that life. Alongside some of the main known facts of Tiffany’s life, this exhibition presents some of the personal objects Tiffany owned, various records and awards, and many of his artistic creations to provide an appreciation that biography can bring to art. Objects will range from an 1865 sketch album from 17-year-old Tiffany’s first visit to Europe to silver-and-ivory cuff links used by the artist to a few works from the most extensive personal project of his career, the country estate he built on Long Island between 1902 and 1905. The Morse Museum’s collection of objects from that estate, Laurelton Hall, were exhibited in a major six-month exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition, a collaboration with the Morse, ran from Nov. 21, 2006 to May 20, 2007. Resources
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VASE, 1889
Glazed sage green clay
Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, 1880-1967
Matthew A. Daly (1860-1937), decorator
(PO-058-66)
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ORIENTALISM — AN EYE FOR THE EXOTIC
August 15, 2007 through September 28, 2008:
In the nineteenth century, technology, trade, and politics opened exotic locations to both travel and the imagination. Artists were already captivated by Japanese art and design, and the phenomenon called Orientalism added a focus on other Eastern cultures, including such places as Iran (Persia), Turkey, Algeria, and India. In homes and galleries, imported objects from exotic lands mingled with European and American versions of Oriental art, designs, scenes, and life. This vignette presents objects, including vases from Tiffany Studios and Rookwood Pottery, collected by Hugh and Jeannette McKean that richly express this late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century exoticism in art and design.
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DESK LAMP, No. 349, AFTER 1902
Pony wisteria design
Leaded glass and bronze
Tiffany Studios
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SECRETS OF TIFFANY GLASSMAKING
Ongoing:
Tiffany and his studio staff of chemists, designers, and glass technicians possessed extraordinary ability in controlling and exploiting the properties of molten sand for the sake of art. This teaching exhibit on the glass techniques employed at Tiffany Studios will explain everything from the basic ingredients used in making glass to the design processes used to create the famed leaded-glass windows and lamps. The exhibit will show some of the various tools used in glassmaking as well as window fragments, glass fragments, preliminary drawings and a model for a window.
Resources
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