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Design Drawing

Figure 104 Design Drawing, ca. 1898-ca. 1899;
artist: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American glass manufactory, 1892-1900);
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 11 3/8 x 16 in. (28.9 x 40.6 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of Drs. Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham, in memory of Catherine Hoover Voorsanger, 2005, 2005.495 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 design drawing (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    Prints and drawings
    American Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Design Drawing (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American glass manufactory, 1892-1900) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 artist

  • Creation Date:🔺 1898-1899 (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 1893 Latest:🔺 1904 (value type: controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 28.9 x 40.6 cm (11 3/8 x 16 in.) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 28.9 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 40.6 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 Watercolor and graphite on paper (value type: free text)

  • Material Name:
    graphite Role: medium
    watercolor Role: medium
    paper Role: support
    Technique Name: repoussé (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    design
    enamel
    bowl
    fruit
    leaves (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: Unlike other Tiffany design drawings, this drawing depicts an individual object (a plum enamel bowl) that was originally in Tiffany’s personal collection. Plums and leaves embellish the repoussé bown, imbuing it with an air of naturalism. Various notations on the drawing list a numerical and letter code, enamel formulas, the total number of hours required to manufacture the bowl (50), and the name Julia Munson, the head of the enamel department.(value type: free text)

  • Citation: The Met Collection online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 22 July 2024 (value type: free text)

Related Works

  • Relationship Type: plan for
    Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
    Bowl, 1898-1902;
    designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American painter and designer, 1848-1933);
    manufactured by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American glass manufactory, 1892-1900);
    Enamel on copper, 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (15.6 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm);
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 1951, 51.121.29 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 2005.495 (value type: free text)

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Revised 25 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 104 Design Drawing, ca. 1898-ca. 1899;
artist: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (American glass manufactory, 1892-1900);
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 11 3/8 x 16 in. (28.9 x 40.6 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of Drs. Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham, in memory of Catherine Hoover Voorsanger, 2005, 2005.495 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.