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Tiffany & Co.: Iris Corsage Ornament   (  )
Artist	Tiffany & Co.       Alternative names Tiffany and Company; Tiffany; Tiffany's Description American jeweller and silversmith Jewellery and silverware company Date of birth 18 September 1837 Location of birth Category:New York, United States of America Work period 1837 - present Work location 727 5th Avenue Manhattan, Category:New York United States of America Authority file : Q1066858 VIAF: 154771285 ISNI: 0000000120350145 ULAN: 500330306 LCCN: n80118439 NLA: 35789136 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q1066858
Title	Iris Corsage Ornament
Description	English: At the turn of the 20th century, Tiffany and Co. produced a number of fabulous, realistic floral brooches. This extravagant example designed by G. Paulding Furnham was in the firm's display at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. It is set with faceted blue sapphires mined, which vary in intensity of color and hue as well as size. The blossom is composed of three sepals, or upright petals, and three falls, or drooping sepals, in oxidized silver, beneath which are three small small branches in etched gold. The bearding of the falls is suggested by citrines mounted in gold collets. The blossom emerges from a long, etched gold stem, from which spring three spathes rendered in demantoid garnets mounted "a jour" in gold frames.
Date	circa 1900 date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium	Montana sapphires, diamonds, demantoid garnets, topaz, blued steel, gold alloys, platinum
Dimensions	height: 24.1 cm (9.4 in); width: 6.9 cm (2.7 in); depth: 3.1 cm (1.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,24.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,6.9U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,3.18U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	57.939
Place of creation	New York, New York, USA
Object history	Tiffany & Co., New York 1900 "Paris Exposition Universelle," Paris, 1900 1900: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980. Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 1984-1987. Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987. Tiffany: 150 Years of Gems and Jewelry. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1987-1988. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009. Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1900
Inscriptions	[Mark] TCO
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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