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 >>