Tiffany Studios New York Favrile Paperweight Vase

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A Favrile "paperweight" vase by Tiffany Studios New York. The earliest examples of "paperweight" objects appeared around 1900, Louis Comfort Tiffany loved this technique of encasing a design within a dome of transparent glass because it was a great vehicle for expressing his love of nature, particularly flowers. This vase is internally decorated with gladiolus flowers with yellow, green and purple threads. A vase with similar decoration is pictured in: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, by Paul E. Doros, New York: The Vendome Press, 2013, p. 136, fig.82.Also pictured in Louis Comfort Tiffany, by Jacob Baal-Teshuva, New York: Taschen, 2001, page 291.

Artist: Tiffany

Signed: 8163D L.C. Tiffany - Favrile

Circa: 1909

Dimensions: 4-1/2'' diameter x 14'' high

Item #: T-17671

Price: Price on Request. Call (212) 644-6400