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It turns out they were made by a jewelry designer named Paulding Farnham, who worked for Tiffany from (at the age of 16) to...
At Auction: Jewels By Tiffany’s ‘Lost Genius’
Jewelry History
Renaissance Revival designs by Paulding Farnham are being sold at Sotheby’s
by Marion Fasel
Have you ever heard of the Tiffany designer Paulding Farnham?
If you haven’t, you are not alone.
Paulding created 24 orchids for the Exposition Universelle an enormous show held in Paris in where the public could get a glimpse of the creative.
Tiffany’s Lost Geniuswas the apt title of the book about Farnham, written by John Loring in 2000. In the publication the author did investigative work to piece together Farnham’s fascinating life story and show how his designs helped elevate Tiffany from a great New York jeweler to a power-house on the world stage.
Portrait of the Tiffany & Co.
jewelry designer Paulding Farnham. Photo via
Farnham’s fame at the firm came in 1889 when he was 29-years old and his Tiffany & Co. creations won the gold medal at the Paris Exposition, the fair that introduced the Eiffel Tower.
He wowed the judges, the press and indeed the international audience with fully three-dimensional enamel and 24K gold orchid brooches. The bloom