Tiffany - Louis Comfort Tiffany

Japanese: ティファニー - てぃふぁにー(英語表記)Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany - Louis Comfort Tiffany

American craftsman. Born in New York as the son of Charles L. Tiffany (Charles Lewis T.) (1812-1902), founder of the famous jewelry store Tiffany & Co., he initially aspired to be a painter and traveled around Europe, including France, but from the late 1870s he developed an interest in crafts and was active in a variety of fields, including ceramics, metalwork, jewelry, furniture, interior design, and dyeing and weaving. He is particularly famous for his Art Nouveau glasswork, and his vases and lampshades made from soft, rainbow-colored, lustrous glass that he himself named "Fabrile glass" are widely known as Tiffany glass. He also created stained glass based on designs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Toulouse-Lautrec.

[Hiroyuki Tanida]

[References] | Art Nouveau

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの工芸家。有名な宝石店ティファニー商会の創立者チャールズ・L・ティファニーCharles Lewis T.(1812―1902)の子としてニューヨークに生まれる。当初画家を志してフランスなどヨーロッパ各地を旅行したが、1870年代末から工芸に対する関心を深め、陶磁、金工、宝飾、家具、インテリア、染織などさまざまな分野で活躍した。なかでもアール・ヌーボーのガラス工芸は有名で、自ら「ファブリール・グラス」と名づけた柔らかな虹色(にじいろ)の光沢のあるガラスでつくった花器やランプシェードは、ティファニー・グラスとして広く知られている。また、ボナールやビュイヤールやロートレックのデザインによるステンドグラスの制作も手がけた。

[谷田博行]

[参照項目] | アール・ヌーボー

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