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TIFFANY [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Types of Glass
  • Stained Glass
DEF

A trademark of products marketed by L.C. Tiffany.

CONT

Unique in the case of 'Favrile' glass is the method adopted for inducing iridescence.

OBS

Best known, and most sought, is a type of iridescent glass, usually in a well-market art nouveau style, developed by Tiffany in 1893.

Key term(s)
  • Favrile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Sortes de verre
  • Vitrail
CONT

Louis Comfort Tiffany, d’abord tenté par le vitrail, entreprit ensuite la fabrication d’un verre souple et richement irisé, le Favrile Glass obtenu en soumettant le verre à l'action de produits chimiques et en le baignant dans des vapeurs de métaux en fusion pendant le soufflage. Le verre, parcouru de longues traînées métalliques, prenait généralement des formes simples, parfois étranges.

OBS

verre FavrileMC : Marque de commerce de L. C. Tiffany.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)
  • Glassware
OBS

Bellwood: silver bell.

OBS

Silver bell also silver-bell tree: a medium sized tree (Halesia carolina) of the southeastern U.S. often cultivate for its showy bell-shaped white flowers ...

OBS

These bell-shaped white flowers are plants of the bell-flower family (genus: Campanula).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)
  • Objets en verre
OBS

Motif servant de thème décoratif sur l'abat-jour d’une lampe fait de verre Tiffany.

Spanish

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