Flower-Shaped Vase
Classification
glasswares
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan
Accession Number
1956-66-1
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Louis Comfort Tiffany’s “Flower-Shaped Vase,” created around 1906, reflects the artist’s lifelong fascination with nature and organic form. An American designer celebrated for elevating decorative arts, Tiffany often translated floral motifs into elegant, functional objects that blurred the line between sculpture and utility. This glassware piece, now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, captures that impulse in miniature. Although details of its exact technique remain under study, the vase belongs to a period when Tiffany’s studio was exploring new ways to shape and colo...