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Hinds House Window

c. 1900

maker

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company

(American, New York, 1892–1902)

America, New York, 20th century

Leaded glass

Unframed: 227.3 x 114.3 cm (89 1/2 x 45 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Robert M. Fallon 1966.432

Location

209 Tiffany

Fun Fact

This window incorporates layered pieces of glass, producing shadows and creating a multidimensional quality.

Description

In this window commissioned for the Howell Hinds house around 1900, thousands of richly colored glass pieces have been arranged and layered to paint an idyllic three-dimensional scene that would have warmly glowed in the afternoon sunlight. Located at 2200 Overlook Road in Cleveland, Ohio, the house was demolished in 1930 in a similar fate as other nearby estates. Photographs show the placement of the window in the drawing room next to the fireplace as well as the opulent interiors Louis Comfort Tiffany designed for the library and dining room.

Provenance

Howell Hinds, [1857-1926], Cleveland, OH, by descent to his daughter Mrs. Robert M. Fallon (formerly Alice W. Hinds, 1893–1967), the daughter of Howell Hinds and Nellie Price Hinds

?-1966

Mrs. Robert M. Fallon [1893-1967], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1966-

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org

Saks, Judith. "Tiffany's Household Decoration: A Landscape Window." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 8 (October 1976): 226-235. Reproduced: P. 226, 232, fig. 6; Mentioned: P. 227-234

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 235 archive.org

Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. Reproduced: p. 275; Discussed: p. 274; Mentioned: Pg. 340 (Cat. No. 285) library.clevelandart.org

Bidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. Reproduced & Discussed: p. 143 library.clevelandart.org

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).

Tiffany in Bloom: Stained Glass Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 20, 2019-June 14, 2020).