The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Author: Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen

A definitive work on Tiffany lamps, featuring over 70 exceptional pieces.

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A definitive work on Tiffany lamps, featuring over 70 exceptional pieces.

Description

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) found inspiration in the gardens of Laurelton Hall, his vast country estate on Long Island's North Shore. There, Tiffany carefully drew and painted the flowering trees, vines, flowers, and fauna that were the chief ornaments of his prized glass lamps. This sumptuous volume features 70 lamps, photographed by Colin Cooke using his own specially developed techniques that reveal Tiffany's mastery of glassmaking and metal work. The authors relate the chief decorative themes in Tiffany's masterpieces to the work of other fin-de-siecle glassmakers and outline the making of Tiffany's lamps, from freehand sketch to elegant finished form.

About the Author

Nancy A. McClelland is the International Head of Christie's 20th C. Decorative Arts department and is also an occasional commentator on "Antiques Road Show."
Martin Eidelberg is a professor of art history at Rutgers and a widely acknowledged expert on Tiffany glass. He is the author of or contributor to numerous books on 20th Century Decorative Art.