Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Mosaic wall hanging shelf

Manufacturer Tiffany

DateEarly 20th century

MediumGlass | Cement | Mother of pearl

DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (42.5 x 37.5 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8146

Terms

Colorless
Mother-of-pearl
Blue
Olive Green
Orange
Pink
Yellow
White
Green
Gold
Iridescent
New York, NY

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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.