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Twelve-piece vanity set
Twelve-piece vanity set

Twelve-piece vanity set

Tiffany & Co. (American, active 1837–present)
Arthur Leroy Barney (American, 1884–1955)
designed and made 1934
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueSilver, mahogany, mirrorred glass, Bakelite (plastic), velvet
DimensionsOverall: 42.2 x 40.6 x 33.3 cm (16 5/8 x 16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2011.1649.1-12
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1987, owned by Drucker Antiques, Brooklyn, NY; October 30, 1987, purchased from Drucker Antiques (with the professional assistance of consultant Janet Zapata of Short Hills, New Jersey) by John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the MFA; 2011, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Tiffany & Co.
about 1878
Pitcher
Tiffany & Co.
1875
Tiffany & Co.
1886
Tiffany & Co.
about 1858–73
Group shot: 1981.420-3
Tiffany & Co.
about 1910–11