Tiffany Tesserae

Tesserae from the Fahnestock Mausoleum.

1 full lunette pendentive piece
6 fragments from lunette and pendentive
22 fragments from dome
64 full pieces from dome

Identification and Creation

Primary ID	GL.WOCE.1896.FRAG.03
Other IDs:	WOCE.G4
Storage:	Glass Bin 01 (See contents and map)
Creation Date:	Quaternary
Related Publication:	Kress, Alexandra Elizabeth, "Buried with Tiffany: A Conservation Plan for the Tiffany Glass Mosaics of the Harris C. Fahnestock Mausoleum at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York" (2013). Theses (Historic Preservation).

Physical Description

Materials:	Glass, Mosaics
Dimensions:

Provenance

Building or Site:	Tiffany Studios Established in 1893, Tiffany studios was an old glasshouse in a two-story brick building in Corona, Queens, at the southwest corner of 43d Avenue and 97th Place.[1] References [1] Christopher Gray, "Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend," Streetscapes, New York Times, Dec. 27, 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/27/realestate/streetscapes-tiffany-studios-in-queens-a-remembrance-of-a-luminous-legend.html Woodlawn Cemetery 4199 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY 10470
Sub-location:	Fahnestock Mausoleum, dome/pendentives

Building or Site:

Tiffany Studios
Established in 1893, Tiffany studios was an old glasshouse in a two-story brick building in Corona, Queens, at the southwest corner of 43d Avenue and 97th Place.[1]

References

[1] Christopher Gray, "Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend," Streetscapes, New York Times, Dec. 27, 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/27/realestate/streetscapes-tiffany-studios-in-queens-a-remembrance-of-a-luminous-legend.html Woodlawn Cemetery
4199 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY 10470

Sub-location:

Fahnestock Mausoleum, dome/pendentives

Acquisiton and Rights

Credit Line (Donor):	Architectural Conservation Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Accession year:	January 1, 1970
Reviewed by:	José C. Hernández