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How this Tiffany hair ornament embodies so much of what the artist was about

"I think he looked at this with special eyes and those eyes help transform the way we look at nature."

"I think he looked at this with special eyes and those eyes help transform the way we look at nature."

Curator Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen on a remarkable hair ornament by Louis C. Tiffany.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.

Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz

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Hair Ornament, Louis C. Tiffany  American, Gold, silver, platinum, black opals, boulder opals, demantoid garnets, rubies, enamel., American
Louis C. Tiffany
ca. 1904