Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louis C. Tiffany, 'Gladioli' Rectangular Picture Frame, 9" x 7"
Radiant spears of white gladioli reach along this Met elegant glass frame inspired by the Art Nouveau decoration on a Favrile vase (ca. 1909) by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933). The designer never sold this vase, now at The Met; rather, he kept it in his own collection.
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About this Louis C. Tiffany Art Nouveau Design
In the 1890s, the Gilded Age designer developed a method of blending colors in glass while it was still in a molten state. The iridescent results, which he named "Favrile" after the Old English fabrile, meaning "hand-wrought," allowed for subtle effects of shading and texture.