Box
Classification
glasswares
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Eric Larrabee
Accession Number
1997-11-6-a,b
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), a pioneering American artist and designer, created this elegant "Box" around 1910–1920, a period when his Tiffany Studios flourished in producing luxurious decorative glass objects. Renowned for leading the Art Nouveau movement in United States, Tiffany revolutionized glassmaking with his innovative favrile technique—a process yielding iridescent,-like surfaces that mimicked ancient Roman glass. Classified asware in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, this piece exemplifies his commitment to blending with craftsmanship, transforming everyday funct...