Accession Number1986.146.2
TitleWindow from Henry O. Havemeyer House, New York
Artist(s)Louis Comfort TiffanyObject Creation Date1890-1891Medium & Supportfavrile glass and woodDimensions 4 ft. 1/8 in. x 28 in. x 1 1/16 in. (122.24 x 71.12 x 2.7 cm);4 ft. 1/8 in. x 28 in. x 1 1/16 in. (122.24 x 71.12 x 2.7 cm)
Credit LineUniversity purchase 1930, transferred to the Museum of Art, 1986.146.2Label copyMarch 28, 2009
This window was one of three panels that formed a bow-shaped window in the dining room of the Havemeyer’s mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York. The vegetal vine and leaf pattern overlays a symmetrical scroll pattern executed in rich gold, amber, and brown-hued glass. At the center is a roundel with cabochon glass resembling gems in rough, uncut form. Another window identical to this would have created the sides of the bow shape; an existing third panel in the shape of a square, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, would have occupied the center of the window.
Subject matterWindow from H.O. Havemeyer house in New York is a non-pictorial window, but one of Tiffany's geometric designs--more curvilinear and vine-like than the other two geometric windows from the Havemeyer house.
Physical DescriptionWhite and amber glass (including carbochon pieces) are arranged in a horizontal composition of arabesque design.
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Keywords
architectural elements
windows