The Cleveland Museum of Art will hold an exhibit in January 2009 entitled Artistic Luxury and featuring the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany,Peter Carl Faberge and Rene Lalique. It will feature exhibits already in the museum and loans from private and public collections worldwide.

This will be the very first comparative study of these three great designers of the twentieth century and will open on January 18th. The curator of decorative arts and design is Stephen Harrison who brings over three hundred objects together from over fifty lenders including His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Monaco and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Other institutions lending objects include private lenders and public institutions from London, Paris, Lisbon, Berlin, Hamburg and well as from the United States. The three designers works were last seen together at the 1900 World’s Fair, held in Paris, where their rivalry was as much an attraction as their designs.

Some of the objects to be exhibited include the Magnolia Window from the Tiffany studios. This window was purchased for the collection of Baron Stieglitz in St Petersburg and has been exhibited recently in Russia. There is also a large collection of Tiffany stained glass, lamps and glass lamp shades. Jewelry featuring rare gemstones and diamonds by the Tiffany company and the Adam’s Vase, now in the New York Metropolitan Museum, but a star exhibit at the World’s Fair in 1900 will also be shown.

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