Tiffany Studios New York "Poppy" Paperweight Vase
Regular price
$75,000
The “Poppy” Paperweight Vase showcases a vibrant tangerine-orange background adorned with red-orange poppy flowers scattered across its surface. Tiffany’s paperweight vases reinterpret the ancient Roman mosaic glass technique through an Impressionist lens. In this design, light gray glass canes outlined in black, along with concentric circles of light green canes, depict the stamens of the flowers. Each petal is crafted from a single large cane of red-orange glass. The stems and leaves are meticulously applied using a pontil and shaped with steel hooks, demonstrating exceptional artistry and attention to detail.
Item #: T-21826
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Dimensions: 6" height, 5" diameter.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: engraved 1576 P Louis C. Tiffany - Favrile and with the firm's original paper label
Provenance: Collection of Maude B. Feld, New York
Thence by descent to Alan W. Feld and Suzanne C. Feld, 1995
Item #: T-21826
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Dimensions: 6" height, 5" diameter.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: engraved 1576 P Louis C. Tiffany - Favrile and with the firm's original paper label
Provenance: Collection of Maude B. Feld, New York
Thence by descent to Alan W. Feld and Suzanne C. Feld, 1995
A favorite subject of the French impressionists, the poppy flower entered the school's artistic vernacular in the 1874 at the first Impressionist Exhibition, where Monet's celebrated "Poppy Field" was displayed. A devotee of the movement, Louis Tiffany most likely attended this exhibition, which was held in a venue that was a short walk from his father's representative office in central Paris. The artist painted the poetic blossoms himself in his own landscapes and plein air sketches, and also cultivated the opulent poppy flower at his first Long Island Estate, Briars, as well as in the sunken garden at Laurelton Hall.
A favorite subject of the French impressionists, the poppy flower entered the school's artistic vernacular in the 1874 at the first Impressionist Exhibition, where Monet's celebrated "Poppy Field" was displayed. A devotee of the movement, Louis Tiffany most likely attended this exhibition, which was held in a venue that was a short walk from his father's representative office in central Paris. The artist painted the poetic blossoms himself in his own landscapes and plein air sketches, and also cultivated the opulent poppy flower at his first Long Island Estate, Briars, as well as in the sunken garden at Laurelton Hall.
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