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Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament

George Paulding Farnham (American, 1859-1927) (Designer)
Tiffany and Company (American, 1837-present) (Manufacturer)
ca. 1900
watercolor on tracing paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Farnham served as the chief designer and director of the jewelry division of Tiffany & Co. from 1893 until 1907 when he was replaced by Louis Comfort Tiffany. He frequently drew his designs from flowers and plants. 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.

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Tiffany & Co., New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 1988.

Exhibitions

2006-2009 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.
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Geographies

USA, New York, New York (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 11 1/8 × W: 8 1/2 in. (28.3 × 21.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Tiffany & Co., 1988

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.2632

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