Physical Qualities
Favrile glass mosaic tiles, concrete, gilded plaster capitals with imbedded glass jewels, 134 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (341.6 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James Bing, Baltimore; and Young Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1989.79.2
The BMA’s two columns are part of a group of six that originally decorated the Tiffany Studios showrooms at Fifth Avenue and 37th Street. A pamphlet celebrating Louis Comfort Tiffany’s new retail location described the columns’ style as “Pompeiian Ionic order.” (The capitals and bases are actually made of plaster and concrete rather than marble). When Tiffany Studios declared bankruptcy in 1932, the six columns were removed to Tiffany’s estate on Long Island. After the main house burned in 1957, the columns, which had been stored in a stable, eventually came to market.
Shepherd Gallery, New York, "Fussli through Tiffany", Fall 1987, no. VII
On View at the BMA
