Aesthetic room interior with window and fireplace
Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Glass Company
ca. 1883–87 · Watercolor, metallic silver ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on wove paper · The American Wing
This drawing for an unknown client incorporates many of the ideals of the American Aesthetic movement, which was at the height of its popularity from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s: the use of flat patterns, exotic references, and shimmering surfaces. The decoration does not refer to a single culture but instead creates a dazzling fantasy of exotic opulence in keeping with the late-nineteenth-century worldview. The geometric leaded-glass window recalls those in the Veterans' Room at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York, which Tiffany and Associated Artists decorated in 1880.
- Artist
- Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Glass Company
- Date
- ca. 1883–87
- Medium
- Watercolor, metallic silver ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on wove paper
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
