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拍品专文
Louis Comfort Tiffany began creating mosaics as an extension of his interest in the many artistic possibilities of glass. Favrile glass, with its variegated colors and iridescent surface, could be cut into any shape and allowed Tiffany to create geometric, figural, and landscape decoration images color and light. The Ecclesiastical Department of Tiffany Studios produced numerous works for churches and other public buildings, where the large scale allowed for great freedom in design.
This wall fountain is an unusual example of mosaic work for a domestic setting. This piece was executed for Mrs. T. W. Fitch, Jr., of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Around 1918, Mrs. Fitch purchased a house in the affluent suburb of Pittsburgh and by 1921 she engaged prominent Pittsburgh architects Ingham & Boyd to make alterations to the house. A small room with a tile floor and this wall fountain was added adjacent to the garden, likely for use in tending to cut flowers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a drawing for a preliminary or alternate design for the Fitch fountain (acc. no. 67.654.406), in the same overall form, but in sienna marble with neoclassical details. Mrs. Fitch selected a different approach, for the resulting design incorporates inlaid sprays of irises, alluding to the purpose of the room. As is common in many Tiffany mosaics, areas of the glass are backed with metallic foil to reflect light and enliven the design, as seen particularly in the flowers.
This wall fountain is an unusual example of mosaic work for a domestic setting. This piece was executed for Mrs. T. W. Fitch, Jr., of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Around 1918, Mrs. Fitch purchased a house in the affluent suburb of Pittsburgh and by 1921 she engaged prominent Pittsburgh architects Ingham & Boyd to make alterations to the house. A small room with a tile floor and this wall fountain was added adjacent to the garden, likely for use in tending to cut flowers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a drawing for a preliminary or alternate design for the Fitch fountain (acc. no. 67.654.406), in the same overall form, but in sienna marble with neoclassical details. Mrs. Fitch selected a different approach, for the resulting design incorporates inlaid sprays of irises, alluding to the purpose of the room. As is common in many Tiffany mosaics, areas of the glass are backed with metallic foil to reflect light and enliven the design, as seen particularly in the flowers.