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Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 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: 3.24.2
Rating: 1 star
Address: One Museum Way
Location: Corning, New York 14830, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.14788, -77.05413
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: Medium
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Comment: Not all of the items are necessarily on display [DEDUCED]
Also of interest: A large collection of glass, including some stained glass [ORG, DEDUCED]

Site Items

3.24.2.1: Green Memorial Window: The Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory (1902) (Extant) item has a photo
3.24.2.2: Hudson River Landscape (1905) (Extant) item has a photo
3.24.2.3: landscape (Extant) item has a photo
3.24.2.4: Young Joseph (Extant)
3.24.2.5: Whoso Loveth Knowledge Loveth Instruction (Extant)
3.24.2.6: ornamental (Extant)
3.24.2.7: ornamental (Extant)
3.24.2.8: mosaic column (1905) (Extant)

Item 3.24.2.1

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Green Memorial Window:  The Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Green Memorial Window (Brainard Memorial Window)
Theme: The Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 37
Duncan 1980: Page 207
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [WT1902]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, ORG]
Memorial details: Charles Green (28 May 1811 - 31 Jul 1901) [INSCRIPTION, WT1902, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his wife and daughter [WT1902]
his son-in-law, Ira Dewayne Brainard, and daughter, Mary Geneva ("Genevie") Green Brainard [ORG]
Date: Dedicated 20 Nov 1902 (in original site, along with refurbished building) [WT1902]
Size: 208.5 cm high x 74 cm wide [ORG]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription: "THE RIGHTEOVS SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY." / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN MEMORIAM / 1811 CHARLES GREEN 1901 [PHOTO]
Category: Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory
History: Originally in Waterville United Methodist Church, Waterville, NY (SITE:3.133.2) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Removed from there in late 1960s [WT1968, ORG]
Acquired by museum in 1996 [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Brainard Memorial Window because Mary Geneva Green Brainard was one of the donors and likely organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
There is a rough design for the window shown in Tiffany 1896 [TIFF1896]
Comment: Donated to museum by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Randall in 1996 [ORG]
Same as item: 3.133.2.1
Organization Id: 96.4.230

Item 3.24.2.2

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Theme: Hudson River Landscape [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [IS1905]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: 1905 [ORG]
Size: 346.2 cm high by 330 cm wide [ORG]
Lancets: 5 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Landscape
History: Originally in Rochroane Castle, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York [ORG]
Acquired by museum in 1976 [ORG]
Organization Id: 76.4.22

Item 3.24.2.3

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: landscape [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1905-1915 [ORG]
Size: 208.5 cm high by 74 cm wide [ORG]
Inscription:
Category: Landscape
History: Acquired by museum in 1981 [ORG]
Comment: Donated to museum by Michael Cronin and Seymour Koehl [ORG]
Organization Id: 81.4.168

Item 3.24.2.4

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

Status: Extant [ORG]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Theme: Young Joseph [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK [ORG]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1900 [ORG]
Size: 176.5 cm high by 99 cm wide [ORG]
Inscription:
Category: Joseph
History: Acquired by museum in 1964 [ORG]
Comment: Donated to museum by Robert Koch [ORG]
Organization Id: 64.4.80

Item 3.24.2.5

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

Status: Extant [ORG]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name:
Theme: Whoso Loveth Knowledge Loveth Instruction [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1900 [ORG]
Size: 132 cm high by 151.5 cm wide [ORG]
Inscription:
History: Acquired by museum in 1965 [ORG]
Comment: Donated to museum by Robert Koch [ORG]
Organization Id: 65.4.104

Item 3.24.2.6

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

Status: Extant [ORG]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1900 [ORG]
Size: 65.5 cm high by 35 cm wide [ORG]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
History: Acquired by museum in 1970 [ORG]
Comment: Donated to museum by Otto W. Hilbert [ORG]
Organization Id: 70.4.144

Item 3.24.2.7

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

Status: Extant [ORG]
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name:
Description: ornamental [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1900 [ORG]
Size: 39.8 cm high by 71.4 cm wide [ORG]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
History: Acquired by museum in 1970 [ORG]
Comment: Donated to museum by Otto W. Hilbert [ORG]
Organization Id: 70.4.145

Item 3.24.2.8

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

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Description: mosaic column [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [DUNC2004]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: ca. 1905 [ORG]
Size: 339.1 cm high x 61.6 cm wide x 58.4 cm deep [ORG]
Inscription:
History: One of six columns originally located in Tiffany Studios' showroom at Madison Avenue and 45th Street [DUNC2004]
Moved to Laurelton Hall in 1930s [DUNC2004]
Acquired by museum in 2018 [ORG]
Comment: Purchased in part with funds from the Arthur Rubloff Residuary Trust, the Ennion Society, the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund, and James B. Flaws and Marcia D. Weber [ORG]
One other of the six columns is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, NY (SITE:1.1.95) [ORG]
Two other of the six columns is currently located in the Baltimore Museum of Art (SITE:20.2.26) [ORG]
One other of the six columns is currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (SITE:33.51.58) [ORG]
Organization Id: 2018.4.11

References

DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
DUNC2004: Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Alastair Duncan (2004, p. 182-183)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
IS1905: The International Studio, The Window Opening in Decoration (1905, Vol. XXVI, p. XV-XIX)
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1896: Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)
WT1902: The Waterville Times (21 Nov 1902, p. 5)
WT1968: The Waterville Times (3 Oct 1968, p. 1)

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