Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament, c1900. Creator: George Paulding Farnham.

Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament, c1900. Creator: George Paulding Farnham.

3-000-151 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament, c1900. This sketch is a working drawing for one of Tiffany's most famous creations, the Iris Corsage Ornament that won the firm a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 (WAM 57.939). Farnham collaborated with Tiffany's gemologist George Frederick Kunz (1856-1912) in using American stones, in this instance mostly Montana sapphires, for his exhibition pieces.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. George Paulding Farnham, attributed to: American: Artist, silversmith
People Related
  1. Tiffany & Co: American: Company, decorator, maker, manufacturer

Medium
  1. Watercolour on tracing paper

Picture Type
  1. Still life

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Plant Life


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3499x4960
File Size : 50,845kb


Aliases

  1. 37.2632
  1. 1100000436
  1. 3-000-151
  1. 3000151
  1. 37.2632

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