{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"34520"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Louis Comfort Tiffany through the courtesy of A. Douglas Nash"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"BRIEF DESCRIPTION<br>This is a Tiffany royal blue opaque glass vase with a dark blue-green iridescent top and a band of silvery blue luster decoration.<br><br>WHERE WAS IT MADE?<br>Tiffany glass was made at the Tiffany Glass Furnaces in Corona, located in Queens, New York.<br><br>WHO WAS THE ARTIST?<br>Louis Comfort Tiffany was the eldest son of Charles L. Tiffany, founder of Tiffany & Company, the New York jeweler. Tiffany was trained as a painter, studying with both George Inness and Samuel Coleman in New York and Leon Bailly in Paris. He eventually turned his attention to decorative arts and began experimenting with glass-making techniques in 1875. After success with stained glass windows and mosaics, Tiffany established the Tiffany Glass Company in 1885 and began devoting production to one-of-a-kind blown glass art objects. He soon became one of America\u2019s most prolific designers, providing furniture, wallcoverings, textiles, jewelry and glass to some of society\u2019s most important citizens.<br><br>HOW WAS IT MADE?<br>Like most Tiffany vases, this vase was likely created using a blowpipe. The shiny luster decoration along the top edge of the vase is the result of a type of staining technique. The decorations were painted with metallic oxides dissolved in acid and mixed with an oily medium. The vessel was then fired in an oxygen-free environment at around 1150 degrees Fahrenheit which caused metal to deposit a film that when cleaned, becomes shiny.<br><br>WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS?<br>This tall vase with simple decoration around the neck is referred to as Tiffany\u2019s \u201cTel El-Amarna\u201d style. These pieces were inspired by ancient Egyptian vases recovered from the excavation of the site of the Pharaoh Akhenaten\u2019s tomb at the beginning of the 20th century."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"57.107"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Royal Blue opaque glass vase with dark blue/green iridescent top and a band of silver/blue lustre decoration in a geometric pattern.  The foot of the base is an opaque black glass."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Glass"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"57.107.2ndview"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Vase, Royal Blue With Black and Lustre Border"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Decorative Arts"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Louis Comfort Tiffany"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/108039/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"ca. 1921"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"197983"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm);Diameter: 3 1/2 inches (8.9 cm)"}}]}