Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

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The Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was an opulent Byzantine-style ecclesiastical interior showcasing Louis Comfort Tiffany’s innovative stained glass, mosaics, and decorative arts at the Chicago world’s fair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical interior ⓘ
exhibition chapel ⓘ
work of decorative art ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine Revival ⓘ
artDirector Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ
associatedWith American Gilded Age decorative arts ⓘ
linked to: Gilded Age

Tiffany Studios ⓘ
awarded medal for ecclesiastical and mural decoration ⓘ
commissionedBy Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company ⓘ
depicts Christian liturgical space ⓘ
designer Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ
exhibitedAt World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
exhibitedInBuilding Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
exhibitionLocation Chicago ⓘ
exhibitionType temporary installation ⓘ
exhibitionYear 1893 ⓘ
function model chapel for potential church commissions ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasPart altar ⓘ
baptismal font ⓘ
candelabra ⓘ
chancel arch ⓘ
choir stalls ⓘ
lectern ⓘ
mosaic dome ⓘ
mosaic floor ⓘ
pulpit ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine church interiors ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox iconography ⓘ
movement Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
American Art Nouveau ⓘ
linked to: Art Nouveau
notableFor innovative use of light in stained glass ⓘ
integration of stained glass, mosaics, and metalwork ⓘ
opulent Byzantine-style decoration ⓘ
purpose to demonstrate Louis Comfort Tiffany’s ecclesiastical design capabilities ⓘ
to showcase innovative stained glass techniques ⓘ
subjectOf museum exhibitions on Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ
scholarly studies on American decorative arts ⓘ
usesMaterial bronze ⓘ
favrile glass ⓘ
glass mosaic ⓘ
marble ⓘ
semi-precious stones ⓘ
stained glass ⓘ

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Louis Comfort Tiffany → notableWork → Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art → hasCollection → Tiffany chapel interior from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
linked to: Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition