Pigeon Vase

Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)

Dateca. 1901

MediumGlass

DimensionsHeight: 5 3/4 inches (14.6 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

Credit LineEdythe de Lorenzi Collection Bequest of Otto de Lorenzi

Terms

Decorative Arts
Glassware
Glass
American

Object number64.0837

Label CopyBRIEF DESCRIPTION This is a small Tiffany vase made of opaque blood-red glass. WHERE WAS IT MADE? Tiffany glass was made at the Tiffany Glass Furnaces in Corona, located in Queens, New York. WHO WAS THE ARTIST? 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’s most prolific designers, providing furniture, wallcoverings, textiles, jewelry and glass to some of society’s most important citizens. HOW WAS IT MADE? Like most Tiffany vases, this vase was created using a blowpipe. The red glass used to make this vase is called “pigeon blood” glass. Red is a particularly difficult and expensive color of glass to create; gold is added to a carefully prepared mixture to produce the deep red color.

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