Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist who made Art Nouveau pieces in stained glass. He also painted and designed jewelry and furniture.

Notable collections of Tiffany glass

Many examples of his work are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This display shows stained glass, glass mosaic murals, desk lights and glass vases, and includes a stained glass frieze of wisteria flowers over a backdrop of hills.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York

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A unique cross-section of Tiffany windows is located at the Smith Museum of Stained Glass on Chicago's Navy Pier, where they may be viewed alongside other important styles of stained glass windows. Also in Chicago, the largest extant collection of Tiffany windows in their original location is at Second Presbyterian (near the Prairie Avenue Historic Disctric).

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Smith Museum of Stained Glass - Navy Pier - Chicago - Second Presbyterian

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The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, in Winter Park, Florida claims to house the world's most comprehensive collection of Tiffany's works. Many objects are from his mansion, Laurelton Hall; the Morse collection is the largest surviving remnant of those objects.

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Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art - Winter Park, Florida

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Another collection of Favrile is held in a museum in the small Northern English town of Accrington. Haworth Art Gallery This collection was donated by a locally born man, Josepth Briggs, who left England in 1891, and who worked with L.C. Tiffany on many projects over many years, being Tiffany's works manager amongst other jobs. Briggs' personal collection was donated to the town in 1933.

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1891 - 1933

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Many examples of stained glass windows by Tiffany Studios may be found at Stained Glass Photography

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