Medium
Favrile glass
Dimensions
18 × 25 cm
Classification
Glass
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift in memory of Sam Minoff, donated by Mike & Amy Southard
Accession Number
2023.129
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
gender unknown
About this artwork
Among his many achievements in the decorative arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany invented a type of glass with unprecedented opalescence that he patented under the name Favrile, derived from an Old English word meaning "handcrafted." Tiffany memorably described his Favrile glass as "distinguished by brilliant or deeply toned colors, usually iridescent like the wings of certain American butterflies, the necks of pigeons and peacocks, the wing covers of various beetles."