“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 (ca. 1904) by Louis C. Tiffany.
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Nonnie Frelinghuysen
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Nonnie Frelinghuysen
The Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, the American Wing
The Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, the American Wing
Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz
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Louis C. Tiffany
ca. 1904
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