Paper Rack
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Date1920
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 x 10 x 3 in. (15.9 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedStamped on the bottom: "Tiffany Studios/New York/1644".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.454
Not on view
DescriptionRectangular paper holder with touches of green and red enamel. Decoration of fields of richly chased ornament relieved by a deeply carved bottom band of ermines. The style is used extensively by 16th century Venetian leather craftsman.Published ReferencesKoch, GLASS-BRONZE-LAMPS, (Crown: New York, 1971), p. 96, pl. 123, illus. #1644.
