Macklowe Gallery Decorative Arts

This remarkable group of nine watercolor costume studies by Alphonse Mucha was created for the original production of La Princesse Lointaine by Edmond Rostand, first performed on Apr...

A beautifully hued flower form vase by Tiffany Studios, this delicate piece is so brilliantly colored and dynamically formed as to provide a strength of design that is at ravishing o...

In Tiffany Studios' exquisite "Nautilus" table lamp, a cast bronze mermaid emerges from a churning sea, holding a lighted nautilus shell aloft. This lamp, one of the few patented by ...

This exquisite Tiffany Studios New York "Twelve-light lily" lamp marks the combination of two of Tiffany's favorite floral motifs, the pond lily, and the morning glory. These shades ...

This Argy-Rousseau “Lotus” pate de verre vase is decorated with bouquets of Nymphaea caerulea, the blue water lily or “blue lotus,” a flower closely associated with the annual floodi...

Argy-Rousseau's near-unique ability to gracefully soften the starkness of Art Deco design without ever sacrificing the strength of the design is on full display in this remarkable, p...

This exquisite Tiffany Studios Cypriote vase was created by marvering a mixture of potassium nitrate and glass particles into a gather of deep Prussian blue glass. As the molten glas...

Known as a "Pansy" vase, this Favrile glass creation by Tiffany Studios New York begins with a bulbous base in deep hues of striated, swirling iridescent yellow and gold. Shooting upward from the base is an elongated, narrow neck of similar coloration, darkening in coloration as it ascends. From the narrow neck explodes an outward facing glass bloom in brilliant shades of ochre, umber and marigold, made to shimmer by the undulations in the bloom's outer edges, all tinged with iridescence. Item #: T-22418 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 17" height, 8.75" width, 4.5" depth. Materials: Favrile Glass Signed: L.C.T. Y1789 Literature: A similar vase is pictured in Timeless Beauty: The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2016, p. 179; and in: The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, by Paul E. Doros, Richmond, VA: W. M. Brown & son, Inc., 1978, p. 40, cat. no. 47 Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: The term “Jack-in-the-Pulpit,” commonly used by collectors today, is in fact a misnomer; this model is more accurately identified as a “Pansy” vase. The form of this Favrile “Pansy” vase was first developed by gaffer John Hollingsworth (American, born England, 1851–1923) in 1906. Like all of Tiffany’s skilled glassmakers, Hollingsworth was encouraged to experiment at the furnace, fostering continual innovation in form and finish. Its gold Favrile surface begins as luminous yellow uranium glass, then achieves its signature iridescence through a delicate spray of silver nitrate. From the outset, these vases were highly prized by early collectors of Tiffany’s blown glass...

This exquisite Gazelle et Fleurs vase depicts red gazelles prancing through a field of orange blossoms. Gazelles were a popular motif in Egyptian and Persian art, symbolizing grace, ...

Drawing on ancient Egyptian symbolism, this Edgar Brandt and Daum “Cobra” torchère centers on the protective and sacred image of the cobra. Pharaohs traditionally wore the figure of ...

This joyful French Art Nouveau walnut desk with fruitwood marquetry and bronze hardware, by Louis Majorelle, promises to inspire, with its bouquets of marquetry primroses decorating ...

Alphonse Adolphe Lamarre’s ceramic glazing effect, known as the zhegu ban or “partridge feather” phenomenon, demonstrates his fascination with natural textures and organic surface ef...