Louis Comfort Tiffany was a Renaissance man during a period of history known as the Gilded Age. As an artist of many media and decorative arts, his lengthy career, from the 1870's to the mid-1920's, spanned and shaped several design periods during a time of "experimentation, intense scrutiny of aesthetic ideals, and proliferation of new styles in the world of art." Throughout his career, he forged a unique style that combined superb craftsmanship continue >>

1837 Tiffany & Young is established by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young as a stationary and fine goods store. 1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany was born February 18 in New York City to Charles Lewis Tiffany and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. 1853 Tiffany and Young is renamed Tiffany & Co. 1866 Louis studies painting under teacher George Inness. continue >>

In 1885 Louis Comfort Tiffany revolutionized the artistic use of lightbulbs, a relatively new development, with his commission for the Lyceum Theatre. Working with Thomas Edison, Tiffany created decorative and stage lighting for the New York theater, the first in the world to have electric illumination. In that same year Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated. He was also commissioned to decorate rooms at the White House, which gained him immense acclaim continue >>

Beginning in 1893, with the establishment of a glass furnace at Corona, Queens, New York, Tiffany Studio’s began producing three-dimensional forms in glass in great variety and number. While preparing the chapel for view at the Columbian Exposition Tiffany desired to create blown glass forms to his own standards. Tiffany’s earlier visit to the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 exposed him to the works of Emile Gallé. The many continue >>

Out of all of Louis C. Tiffany’s artistic endeavors, his stained glass windows brought his the most acclaim during his lifetime. The craft of stained glass window making had remained largely unchanged since the medieval era, with glass makers in America producing works of inferior quality compared to their European counterparts. In the late 1870’s Tiffany and his rival John La Farge developed techniques that revolutionized the art of stained continue >>

Tiffany’s goal of bringing beauty into the homes of every American came closest to realization through the sale of what were termed “Fancy Goods” by the Tiffany Studio catalogue. These items, metalwork desk sets, candelabra and boxes, were made in multiples, were considered stock items by the company, and sold for relatively inexpensive prices compared to the lamps and art glass produced by the Studio. In 1897 Tiffany expanded the continue >>

The pottery and ceramics produced at Tiffany Studios was the product least associated with the Tiffany name, and therefore the least financially successful enterprise. The firm sold pottery from 1905 to 1917, and presumably produced new pieces throughout this stretch of time. Jimmy Stewart, a glassblower at the Corona glass studio, later remembered how the majority of pottery pieces were hidden from view whenever Louis C. Tiffany was expected to prevent continue >>

Tiffany & Co., the successful New York jewelry and silver company that became a behemoth, was established and run by Louis C. Tiffany’s father Charles Lewis Tiffany from 1837 to his death in 1902. At which point Louis Comfort was elected to the Board of Directors at Tiffany & Co. and immediately established a small jewelry workshop at Tiffany Studios, supervised by Julia Munson, formally of the enamels department. continue >>

Louis C. Tiffany’s early mosaic work, prior to the founding of his own glass- making facilities Tiffany Furnaces in 1892, were largely ecclesiastical and institutional commissions that did not differ significantly from traditional designs and those of his competitors. It was only in the late 1890’s, after the popularity of his blown glassware took off, that Tiffany began adding iridescence to his mosaics, thereby setting them apart. Fancy continue >>

Louis C. Tiffany launched his decorating business in 1878, founding Louis c. Tiffany & Associated Artists out of the Bella Apartments at 48 East 26th Street. Previously scholars believed Associated Artists was a collaborative effort between four equal partners, Tiffany, Candace Wheeler, Lockwood de Forest, and William Pringle Mitchell. However recent findings suggest that Tiffany was the sole proprietor of Associated Artists and that he was independently continue >>

Louis Comfort Tiffany became famous for his decorative arts ranging from leaded glass lamps to jewelry and furniture. However, Tiffany’s first ambition was to be a painter. Though preoccupied with the designs being produced at Tiffany Studios and Tiffany Furnaces, Louis Comfort was also a member of some of the most respected American painter’s associations including The National Academy of Design in New York, the American Society of Painters continue >>

Tiffany built Laurelton Hall on six hundred acres of land at Oyster Bay, Long Island from 1902 to 1905 after inheriting 3 million from his father. He oversaw every aspect of the estate’s execution, from the architecture and interior design of the eighty-four roomed main house, to the landscaping of the gardens, terraces, fountains, pools and extensive outbuildings. Laurelton Hall was ever evolving as Tiffany continued to add architectural embellishments continue >>

Manhattan, New York: An expansion of the Deedee Wigmore galleries, the American Wing is devoted to the arts of Louis C. Tiffany, one of the most versatile and talented American artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection highlights the Museum's preeminent collections and features Tiffany's windows, lamps, furniture, mosaics, blown Favrile glass vases, pottery, enamelwork, and jewelry. In addition, there is a continue >>

Manhattan, New York: Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. Through the leadership of its Trustees and staff, The Museum of Modern Art manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection of the highest order that reflects the vitality, complexity and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art; by presenting continue >>

Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. The Brooklyn Museum's Tiffany Studios collection features a wide selection of favrile glass objects and Tiffany Studios lamps. Of particular note is a continue >>

Queens, New York: The mission of The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass is to preserve, interpret, and develop its holdings of Tiffany lamps, windows, glass, and related objects. The collection is accessible through changing exhibitions, public programs, and publications. A distinctive feature of the Neustadt Collection is its commitment to foster a better understanding of Tiffany by making its objects available continue >>

Corning, New York: At The Corning Museum of Glass, glass isn't just for looking at or looking through. At our Museum, you can explore, research, touch, work with, and interact with glass. The Corning Museum of Glass is where the world—from serious scholars to those simply interested in discovering—turns to learn more about the art, history, craft, or technology of this incredible material. The Modern Glass gallery shows continue >>

Winter Park, Florida: The world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany is housed at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. The Museum’s Tiffany collection includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows and lamps, and the chapel interior the artist designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Museum’s holdings also include a major collection of continue >>

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Art offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film and video works. Other collections of note include works of American art from the late nineteenth century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts from the late seventeenth century to the present. In 1994 the museum completed a reinstallation of its pre-1945 American and European continue >>

Norfolk, Virginia: Housed in an Italianate-style structure facing the picturesque Hague Inlet of the Elizabeth River, the Chrysler Museum of Art is home to an encyclopedic collection of nearly 40,000 objects spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Highlights include an impressive and comprehensive survey of European and American painting and sculpture, a world-renowned glass collection, a rich photography program, Art Nouveau furniture, as well as continue >>

Richmond, Virginia: The Lewis Decorative Arts Collection in among the most significant in U.S. When the expanded Virginia Museum of Fine Arts galleries open May 1, 2010 one of the most significant public collections outside Paris of Art Nouveau and Art Deco decorative arts, spanning the years 1890-1935, will be on view. Some objects from the collection never exhibited before at VMFA, along with newly acquired works, will be on display. In 1995 The continue >>

Los Angeles, California: With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly a million visitors annually. The Decorative Arts and Design collection continue >>

Matseui, Japan: On the north shore of Lake Shinji is the Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum. The museum has over 200 items on display by master of decorative art Louis C. Tiffany, as well as a traditional English style garden that looks out over the lake. The Garden Museum owns a "Pond Lily" lamp similar to the Macklowe Gallery lamp. continue >>

Paris, France: The national museum of the Musée d'Orsay opened to the public on 9 December 1986 to show the great diversity of artistic creation in the western world between 1848 and 1914. Devoted to the arts of the second half the 19th century, and endowed with a programme designed to enhance the links which developed between architecture, painting, sculpture and the decorative arts from the beginning of the Second Empire, the Musee d'Orsay continue >>

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art means many things to many people. To the residents of Greater Cleveland, it is a beloved civic asset, a place where the community’s greatest aspirations find expression, and a backdrop for many a wedding photo. The museum is a major force in the regional cultural and intellectual community, helping to keep Northeast Ohio a vibrant center of learning and artistic endeavor. As one of the nation’s continue >>

Saint Augustine, Florida: Relics of America's Gilded Age are elegantly exhibited on the museum's three floors. Costumes, furnishings, mechanical musical instruments and other artifacts give you a glimpse into 19th century daily life. The Lightner collection includes beautiful examples of cut glass, Victorian art glass and the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Enjoy wandering through the museum's setting — the former Hotel Alcazar, continue >>

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Museum of Art has a collection of over 50,000 works of art. At the Museum, you will find art from a variety of cultures and periods in art history. The Museum also features national and international traveling exhibitions throughout the year.The IMA collection of European and American decorative arts spans centuries, from the Renaissance to the present. More than 200 works from the collection are displayed in continue >>

Birmingham, Alabama: Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeast. More than 24,000 objects represent a rich panorama of cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. Highlights include the Museum’s collection of Asian art, considered the finest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, and its collection of Vietnamese ceramics, one of the finest continue >>

Shelburne, Vermont: Located in Vermont's scenic Lake Champlain valley, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional museums of art and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds.Impressionist paintings, folk art, quilts and textiles, decorative arts, furniture, American paintings, and a dazzling continue >>

Newport, Rhode Island: The Collection has been assembled over a thirty-year period and is comprised of the finest American illustration art works extant; including the largest collection of originals by Maxfield Parrish, the largest private collection of Norman Rockwell, the largest JC Leyendecker collection, Howard Pyle ("Father of American Illustration"), NC Wyeth, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Jessie Willcox Smith, Howard continue >>

Baltimore, Maryland: The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces. Tiffany was the foremost American exponent of continue >>