Floriform vase, c. 1890, Louis Comfort Tiffany; Manufacturer: Tiffany & Co., American, 1848–1933, 19 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (48.26 x 14.61 x 14.61 cm), Blown iridescent glass, United States, 19th century, In 1894, the designer Louis Comfort Tiffany patented a process whereby hot glass was exposed to metallic fumes and oxides to create an iridescent surface. He named this glass Favrile from the Latin work faber, meaning artisan. Tiffany's Favrile glass was extremely popular internationally where it won honors at worlds fairs. Through Favrile glass, as well as through stained glass windows and lamps manufactured at his studios in New York, Tiffany played a seminal role in the promotion of art glass at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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