Mosaic wall hanging shelf
Manufacturer
Tiffany
CultureAmerican
DateEarly 20th century
MediumGlass | Cement | Mother of pearl
DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (42.5 x 37.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.8146
Not on view
DescriptionMosaic wall hanging with a clear glass shelf and support set into the cement mortar. Angled sides create a frame decorated with geometric pattern formed by inset tiles of mother-of-pearl and glass tiles of dark blue, blue, olive green, orange-pink, yellow, white, green swirled with white and clear backed with gold; 23 columns of square glass tiles of white, pink and pale yellow are inset in the central portion of the hanging. These times have a very light multi-colored iridescence.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum of Art, 1978, no. 220.
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