| When someone talks about quality glass work, the | | | | that the only way to get the type of glass he wanted |
| name Tiffany immediately comes to mind. Tiffany | | | | for his designs was to develop it himself. |
| glassware has garnered great interest for over one | | | | Tiffany was so talented that he also created his own |
| hundred and twenty years. It was created by an | | | | type of iridescent glass called Tiffany Favrile. This was |
| American artist by the name of Louis Comfort Tiffany. | | | | very innovative because the colors used were not |
| His glassware was tastefully made using several | | | | applied on the top of the glass but were applied to the |
| different types of glass including favrile, opalescent, | | | | inside. This method became one of the main |
| fracture, ripple, and drapery. | | | | components in his famous stained glass windows. He |
| Tiffany creations include stained glass windows, lamps, | | | | was truly a skillful artisan that influenced decorative |
| vases, pottery, and jewelry. You will discover that | | | | artists well into the twentieth century. |
| there are simply thousands of his glassware pieces in | | | | Some of Tiffany's most famous stained glass |
| the world today. This is amazing when you consider | | | | windows are now displayed at the Montreal Museum |
| that glass is breakable. Tiffany designs will boggle your | | | | of Fine Arts. This exhibition displays some of his rarest |
| mind when you see the intricate and painstaking | | | | stained glass windows that are based on religious |
| craftsmanship that was lavished on each creation. | | | | themes, flowers, and nature. Featured will be a |
| Louis Tiffany not only worked with glass, but he was a | | | | gorgeous stained glass window that Louis Comfort |
| fine artist as well. He lived from the late eighteenth | | | | Tiffany made for himself. You will also be able to find |
| century to the early nineteenth century, but is mostly | | | | one of his biggest stained glass windows at Brown |
| known for his wonderful stained glass designs. His | | | | Memorial Presbyterian Church, which is located in |
| father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, who was a great artist | | | | Baltimore, Maryland. |
| in his own right, influenced his son by creating his own | | | | In addition to this work, Brown Memorial houses eleven |
| jewelry company. He began his career in the arts | | | | other colorful stained glass windows that were |
| working in New York. | | | | created by Tiffany Studios of New York. Harvard and |
| Once a painter who studied in Paris, he later became | | | | Yale Universities also house beautiful Tiffany stained |
| consumed by glass making. He is famous the world | | | | glass windows. The effect that this man had on the |
| over for his nouveau art style, and in the late 1900's he | | | | art world was enormous because he paved the way |
| formed the famous Tiffany Studios. This wonderful | | | | for other artists who are interested in creating unique |
| artist, wanted to work with glass, however he wanted | | | | and inspiring glass work. His decorative art will be |
| to work with glass that retained impurities. He decided | | | | remembered for many, many years to come. |