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| Keywords: Tiffany and Company - Iris Corsage Ornament - Walters 57939 - Detail.jpg At the turn of the 20th century Tiffany and Co produced a number of fabulous realistic floral brooches This extravagant example designed by G Paulding Farnham was in the firm's display at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 It is set with faceted blue sapphires mined which vary in intensity of color and hue as well as size The blossom is composed of three sepals or upright petals and three falls or drooping sepals in oxidized silver beneath which are three small small branches in etched gold The bearding of the falls is suggested by citrines mounted in gold collets The blossom emerges from a long etched gold stem from which spring three spathes rendered in demantoid garnets mounted a jour in gold frames ca 1900 Montana sapphires diamonds demantoid garnets topaz blued steel gold alloys platinum cm 24 1 6 9 3 18 accession number 57 939 30663 Tiffany Co New York 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Paris 1900 Henry Walters Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1900 Mark TCO Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Tiffany 150 Years of Gems and Jewelry The Field Museum Chicago 1987-1988 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 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 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin New York City Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Paulding Farnham Diamond jewellery designed by Tiffany Co Irises in Art Nouveau Bouquets in jewellery Brooches Blue flowers in art Objects displayed at the Exposition Universelle 1900 Yogo mine and sapphires | ||||
