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Favrile glass

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Louis Comfort Tiffany: Favrile glass vase — Louis Comfort Tiffany: Favrile glass vase Vase of Favrile glass made by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1896; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Favrile glass is a type of art glass created in the Art Nouveau style, known for its delicate design and iridescent surface. It was first produced in the United States by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the late 1800s, with the intention of artificially recreating the natural iridescent sheen found on ancient, buried glassware.12

This glass is characterized by its pearl-like sheen, differing from the mirror-like finish of earlier European iridescent glass. The effect is achieved through the application of metallic lustre pigments to opaque glass, resulting in a soft, satiny finish. Favrile glass was used for decorative items such as drinking glasses, bowls, vases, lamps, and jewelry. Its popularity led to its production in large quantities until 1933.1

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United States
…of the fancy glasses, the Favrile glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany represented an altogether higher level of achievement both in its shapes and in the colouring and figuring of the glass. It was first shown to the public in 1893, and in pieces that were produced a few years later…
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…of the fancy glasses, the Favrile glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany represented an altogether higher level of achievement both in its shapes and in the colouring and figuring of the glass. It was first shown to the public in 1893, and in pieces that were produced a few years later…
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lustred glass
…known by the trade name Favrile glass, the Stourbridge firm and other Tiffany companies continued to make thousands of lustred glass articles annually until 1933.
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…known by the trade name Favrile glass, the Stourbridge firm and other Tiffany companies continued to make thousands of lustred glass articles annually until 1933.
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Glassmaking over the centuries
The Favrile glass invented by Louis Comfort Tiffany, with its flowing shapes derived from naturalistic forms and its lustrous surface, was much admired and particularly influenced glassmakers in central Europe. The French glassmaker Émile Gallé and the firm of Daum Frères were also important designers in…
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The Favrile glass invented by Louis Comfort Tiffany, with its flowing shapes derived from naturalistic forms and its lustrous surface, was much admired and particularly influenced glassmakers in central Europe. The French glassmaker Émile Gallé and the firm of Daum Frères were also important designers in…
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
Favrile glass
Favrile glass, iridescent and freely shaped, was sometimes combined with bronzelike alloys and other metals; such examples, some signed “L.C. Tiffany” or “L.C.T.,” enjoyed widespread popularity from 1890 to 1915 and were revived again in the 1960s. His Favrile glass was admired abroad, especially in…
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Favrile glass, iridescent and freely shaped, was sometimes combined with bronzelike alloys and other metals; such examples, some signed “L.C. Tiffany” or “L.C.T.,” enjoyed widespread popularity from 1890 to 1915 and were revived again in the 1960s. His Favrile glass was admired abroad, especially in…
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