Two mosaic columns like this one appear in a photograph of the Tiffany Studios showrooms in 1926, flanking an entrance in front of a shimmering drapery similarly patterned. Drapery serves as the inspiration for the mosaic decoration, a diapered fringe and long gold tassels suspended from a twisted cord so aptly replicated in iridescent gold glass. Despite the large size of the column, Tiffany blended his mosaic colors with extreme subtlety. The background color changes almost imperceptibly from a brilliant iridescent peacock blue at the very top to deeper blues shading to a midnight blue, almost black, at the base. Six similarly decorated columns were said to have been installed in the studio building at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany's Long Island country estate.