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Image for The Two Tiffanys: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany & Co.
In these two lectures, American Wing curators share research into two designers who worked with Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)

July 1, 2007

By Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and Monica Obniski

Recalling the Old English word fabrile (hand-wrought), Tiffany named the blown glass from his furnaces Favrile, a trademark that signified glass of hand-made and unique quality.
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"A Veritable Poem of Light": Tiffany's Mosaic Curtain in Mexico City

October 6, 2022

By Juliana Fagua-Arias

Tiffany Studios completed significant commissions across Latin America in the twentieth century, yet they remain surprisingly understudied.
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What Lies Beneath a Tiffany Drawing?

August 14, 2017

By Marina Ruiz Molina, Jalena Louise Jampolsky, and Louisa Smieska

Three scholars from across The Met work together to see beneath a Louis C. Tiffany drawing.
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What Lies Beneath a Tiffany Drawing, Part Two

February 26, 2018

By Marina Ruiz Molina

Associate Conservator Marina Ruiz Molina takes viewers beneath the surface of Louis Comfort Tiffany drawings in an investigation of his studios' practices.
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Mosaic Glass from Islamic Lands

October 1, 2002

By Qamar Adamjee and Stefano Carboni

Mosaic glass first appeared in Egypt about 1400 B.C. and has been produced intermittently for 3,500 years up to the present day.
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Roman Mosaic and Network Glass

October 1, 2003

By Rosemarie Trentinella

Despite the labor-intensive nature of the process, cast mosaic bowls were extremely popular and foreshadowed the appeal that blown glass was to have in Roman society.
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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

June 9–October 20, 2024
Edward C. Moore (1827–1891)—the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th century—amassed a vast collection of decorative arts of exceptional quality and in various media, from G…
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The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

September 23, 2010

By Christopher S. Lightfoot

In 1996 mosaics were accidentally uncovered during highway construction in the modern Israeli town of Lod, not far from Tel Aviv (see map). Lod is ancient Lydda, which was destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 66 during the Jewish War. Refounded by Hadrian as Diospolis, Lydda was awarded the rank of a Roman colony under Septimius Severus in a.d. 200.
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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1905–15
Accession Number: 1976.105

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Tiffany Studios (1902–32)

Date: ca. 1905
Accession Number: 2010.124.1

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1890–91
Accession Number: 2000.623

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: 1890–1910
Accession Number: 1984.179

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1905–15
Accession Number: 1978.584

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Tiffany Studios (1902–32)

Date: ca. 1905
Accession Number: 2010.124.2

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Tiffany Studios (1902–32)

Date: 1911
Accession Number: NA6840.M4 M49 1911

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Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1891–93
Accession Number: 64.202.1

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1905
Accession Number: 1978.10.1

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Lintel

Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: 1905–15
Accession Number: 1980.73