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Tiffany Census

Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 2.1.49
Rating: Unrated
Address: Clark Street and Henry Street
Location: Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11201, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.69762, -73.99317
Tiffany 1910: Page 17
Duncan 1980: Page 203
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Low
Building status: Unknown
Building date: from 1885 until 1929 [WIKI]
Architect:
Comment: Some part of what was the hotel was destroyed by fire 27 Mar 1995 [WIKI]
In 1980 and again in 2013, Christie's sold a 146.3 cm x 241.3 cm allegorical panel from the hotel, attributed to be by Tiffany [CHR2013]
Also of interest:

Site Items

2.1.49.1: ornamental window (1891) (Unknown)
2.1.49.2: Resting after the Hunt (1891) (Unknown)
2.1.49.3: skylight (1891) (Unknown)

Item 2.1.49.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental window [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
fourteen large windows [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Tiffany 1910: Page 17
Duncan 1980: Page 203
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: Installed 1891 [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 probably used the term "ornamental" as a general placeholder for what was in the hotel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: Possibly includes 2.1.49.2

Item 2.1.49.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Theme: Resting after the Hunt [NYH1891]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [NYH1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: Installed 1891 [NYH1891]
Lancets: 1 [NYH1891]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental; Landscape
Same as item: Possibly one of 2.1.49.1

Item 2.1.49.3

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: skylight [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: Installed 1891 [EAGLE1891, BRSU1891]
Inscription:

References

BRSU1891: Brooklyn Daily Standard Union (4 Mar 1891, p. 2)
CHR2013: Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza (19 Dec 2013)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1891: Brooklyn Daily Eagle (3 Mar 1891, p. 1)
NYH1891: New York Herald (19 Apr 1891, Brooklyn Supplement, p. 1)
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897: A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910: A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
WIKI: Wikipedia

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