Vase

1912–13

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 744

Roycroft was an artistic community that produced some of the finest furniture, books, lamps, and metalwork of the American Arts & Crafts movement. Committed to the ideals of achieving social reform through honest handcraftsmanship, it became one of the most successful Arts & Crafts enterprises of its day. This vase is a particularly fine example of Roycroft metalwork. Its design relates to a vase known as "American Beauty Vase" that Victor Toothaker designed for Grove Park Inn, a grand resort hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. The visible hammered rivets accenting this vase are characteristic of Victor Toothaker’s designs and epitomize the Arts & Crafts movement’s philosophy of employing functional elements as decorative features.

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Provenance

Title: Vase
Artist: Roycroft (1895–1938)
Date: 1912–13
Geography: Made in Buffalo, New York, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 15 x 7 in. (38.1 x 17.77 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore, 2019
Object Number: 2019.136.1
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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