Working drawing for "Fruit" shade
Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Studios|Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
1900–1915 · Watercolor and graphite on linen cloth mounted on off-white wove paper · The American Wing
This drawing is the only work in this installation with a linen rather than paper support, suggesting that it was actively used in the lampshade production process as a template for assembling the “Fruit” shade. Like the drawing of the “Snowball” shade (67.654.468), it is a watercolor study for a lampshade, but since the shade would ultimately have a cone shape, the openings to accommodate the curvature of the lamp appear at the bottom of the image.
- Artist
- Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Studios|Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
- Date
- 1900–1915
- Medium
- Watercolor and graphite on linen cloth mounted on off-white wove paper
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
