Design for a niche with urn, late 19th?early 20th century, Made in New York, United States, American, Graphite, gouache, watercolor, and black pen on splatter painted buff paper, Overall: 29 x 20 1/2 in. (73. 7 x 52. 1 cm), Drawings, Possibly Tiffany Glass Company (1885?92), Possibly Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892?1902), Possibly Tiffany Studios (1902?32), Throughout his career as an interior designer, Tiffany favored Near Eastern motifs, often creating fantastic interiors evoking Morocco and other far-flung locations for himself and his clients. Although much of the memorial art designed by the Ecclesiastical Department was traditional, this unusual design for an urn set into a niche displays Tiffany's enduring love of the exotic