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International Art Treasures Web Magazine February 2006 |
Tiffany by Design
Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages:
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His work is the subject of a touring exhibition that explores the construction, fabrication and design qualities of Tiffany lamps made between 1900 and 1925. Of the 45 objects comprising Tiffany by Design 30 are Tiffany lamps. |
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Louis C. Tiffany’s early interest in colored glass was for the creation of leaded-glass windows. It was the sale of these to churches where he found his first success and made his company not only viable but profitable.
Tiffany worked with Brooklyn based glass houses in the creation of opalescent glass using artificially-illuminated colored glass lampshades.
Title: Pond Lily Library Lamp, 1905-1910
Artist: Tiffany Studios, New York
Medium: Leaded Glass, Bronze
Dimensions: H: 23.0 in. (58.42 cm); D: 20.5 in. (52.07 cm) N.86.C.8a-c
Photograph: Richard Goodbody
Image Courtesy of The Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art, Long Island City, New York
The opalescent character of the glass shade diffused the light. He used similar techniques from his glass windows in the creation of these lamp shades.
The glass maker understood the importance of color and he delved into various glass color and eventually he had over 5,000 different hues to use in his works.
Title: Grape Hanging Shade, 1900-1910
Artist: Tiffany Studios, New York
Medium: Leaded Glass, Bronze
Dimensions: H: 13.0 in. (33.02 cm); D: 30.0 in (76.2 cm) N.86.C.26
Photograph: Richard Goodbody
Image Courtesy of The Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art, Long Island City, New York
Tiffany was the talent but he looked to creative geniuses for knowledge including Frederic Edwin Church
Title: Peacock Library Lamp, 1905-1910
Artist: Tiffany Studios, New York
Medium: Leaded Glass, Bronze with Blown Glass and Glass Inlay
Dimensions: H: 27.5 in. (69.85 cm); D: 18.0 in. (45.72 cm) N.86.GL.7a-c
Photograph: Richard Goodbody
Image Courtesy of The Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art, Long Island City, New York
Tiffany by Design examines the patterns of the shades, which range from deceptively simple to extraordinarily complex.
Within the shade patterns could be repeated or it may in fact have no repeats. Distinct! That is the way to describe the talent of glass maker extraordinaire Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art organized exhibit consists of five sections each one focused on a specific aspect of Tiffany lamps. “The Making of a Tiffany Lamp,” “Pattern and Complexity,” “The Parts of a Tiffany Lamp,” “Variations of Design,” and “Fakes, Replicas, and Reproductions.”
Expert craftsmanship and exquisite tastes these skills are the legacy of one of the best glass masters ever, Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Tiffany by Design
Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages
February 11 - June 11, 2006
Pensacola Museum of Art
October 20, 2006 – January 13, 2007