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Shade No. 1495, 22) Top to bottom: Dragonfly & Water design, blue, cone shape Invitation, February 4, 1913 Standard No 363, “Egyptian Fête of the Time of Louis Comfort Pod design, Cushion base Cleopatra,” Tiffany Studios, New York City Leaded glass, bronze Print on paper Designer: Clara Driscoll, Gift of Mrs. Collier F. Platt 1881–1945 (55-030) Marks on shade: TIFFANY Tiffany’s STUDIOS / NEW YORK Synopsis of the Egyptian Fête, Marks on base: TIFFANY Tiffany Studios, New York City, STUDIOS N.Y. / 363 February 4, 1913 (69-004) Print on paper Life and Art Gift of Mrs. Collier F. Platt 20) Top to bottom: (1999-080) Unless otherwise noted, the objects in this gallery were designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany Studios, Madison Avenue 1916–1933: QUEST OF BEAUTY Tiffany (1848–1933) or one of his artists and made under the name of one of his showroom, New York City, c. 1927 companies in New York City. The installation history at various Tiffany residences is Photographic reproduction 23) Top to bottom: stated if known. His Seventy-second Street residence was in New York City, and his (2000-024:04) country estate Laurelton Hall was on Long Island. Proclamation, 1925–26 Award certificate, 1901 Recognition of Louis C. Tiffany by 1848–1878: TIFFANY’S FORMATIVE 1879–1887: LEADING AMERICAN Pan-American Exposition, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation EARLY YEARS DECORATOR Buffalo, New York, 1901 Opaque paint, gold, and ink on Print and ink on paper parchment 1) Louis Comfort Tiffany in cadet 5) Castillo de San Marcos, Inscribed: A Silver Medal on Louis C. Maker: Tiffany & Co., New York City, uniform, c. 1862–64 St. Augustine, Florida, c. 1883 Tiffany for Fountain and Decoration 1837–present Oil on canvas Oil on canvas Gift of Louis T. Lusk Marks: TIFFANY & CO. Attributed to Henry Peters Gray, Signed, lower right: L.C.T. (68-060:12) Gift of Louis T. Lusk American, 1819–77 (92-003) (68-060:24) (95-012) 21) The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany 6) Tile, c. 1878–1915 Embossed gilt bronze, printed vellum Invitation, February 19, 1916 2) My First Visit to Europe, Pressed glass Binding designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany “The Quest of Beauty” birthday November 1, 1865–March 21, 1866 Marks: PAT APPL’D FOR Author: Charles de Kay, American, breakfast, Tiffany Studios, Sketchbook album Paper label: 108 1848–1935 New York City Leather cover, pencil, and (2004-028:001) New York: Doubleday, Opaque paint, gold, and ink on vellum watercolor on paper Page & Company, 1914 (1999-029) (74-006) 7) Transom, c. 1879 Inscribed: No. 1 / To Mr & Mrs. Charles Dining room, L. Tiffany / My dear son and 3) Arab Facing Right, c. 1873 George Kemp house, daughter / Merry Xmas 1914 – / Gouache on fiber paper New York City, From your father Gift of Comfort Tiffany Gilder 1879–1953 (69-017) (55-028) Eggplant Leaded glass 4) Tile fragments, c. 1882 (71-003) Dining room fireplace surround, 8) Two cask panels, c. 1886 Bella apartment, New York City Breakfast room, Glazed earthenware Seventy-second Street house (2005-001:A–E, 2005-007, Carved wood, lead-lined wood, iron, metals 2005-011:A,B, 2005-012) Designer: Tiffany Glass Company, 1885–92 Maker unknown, India Importer: Tiffany & de Forest Decorators, 445 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, Florida 32789 1880–82 407-645-5311 www.morsemuseum.org (2003-006, 2005-044)

9) Magnolia and Skeeters, c. 1885 Vase, c. 1893 16) Achievement certificate, Vase, c. 1914 Watercolor on paper Blown glass September 25, 1895 Exhibited: Panama-Pacific International Agnes Fairchild Northrop, American, Marks: L.C.T. / 1460 Japanese Fine Arts Association, Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 1857–1953 Paper labels: TIFFANY FAVRILE Honorary Membership Blown glass Signed, lower center: [AFN encircled] GLASS and 1460 Inks on Japanese paper Marks: L. C. Tiffany – Favrile / 2400J Inscribed: Magnolia / “SKeeters” (62-006) (2007-006) Panama-Pacific Exn (2007-017) (70-023) Vase, c. 1896 1901–1915: LAURELTON HALL YEARS Blown glass 10) Top to bottom: Vase, c. 1902 Paper label: [conjoined TGDco] / 17) Tiffany trade catalogs Exhibited: Prima TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS / Invitation, February 19, 1886 Esposizione Internazionale REGISTERED TRADEMARK Studio hearth-warming, Top row, left to right: d’Arte Decorativa (2008-036) Seventy-second Street house Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1902 Sepia print and ink on paper Vase, c. 1895 Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Paperweight Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Hosking Exhibited: L’Art Nouveau, Paris, 1895 Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany, Blown glass (67-037) Blown glass Corona, New York: Tiffany Furnaces, Marks: Louis C. Tiffany / Marks: o3167 c. 1905 R 2401 My First Sketch for the 72 Street Paper labels: [conjoined TGDco] / Gift of Mrs. James (66-047) House [New York City], c. 1883 TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS / (80-006:1) Graphite and ink on paper REGISTERED TRADEMARK and Vase, c. 1915 Signed on backing: L.C.T. L’ART NOUVEAU PARIS Suggestions for Gifts Exhibited: Panama-Pacific International Inscribed on backing: My first sketch (78-229) For retailer May Company, Los Angeles Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 for the 72 Street house – New York: Tiffany Studios, c. 1930 Paperweight, morning glory (80-014) 13) Exhibition poster, 1899 (82-003:2) Blown glass “L’Art Nouveau” S. Bing Tiffany Art Marks: 9593 M L. C. Tiffany – Favrile 11) Three window panels, c. 1885 Glass…Grafton Galleries, London Bottom row, left to right: Panama – Pacific Ex – Library, Seventy-second Street Color lithograph (2001-059) house; dining room, Laurelton Hall Designer: Frank Brangwyn, British, Tiffany Lamps Magnolia 1867–1956 New York: Tiffany Studios, c. 1904 Vase, c. 1914 Leaded glass Printer: Charles Verneau, French, (1998-051) Exhibited: La Société des Artistes (58-013) active 1890s Français, Paris, 1914 Signed in plate, lower left: F. Brangwyn Tiffany Desk Sets Cypriote (PR-023-69) New York: Tiffany Studios, c. 1920 Blown glass (1998-052) Marks: L.C. Tiffany – Favrile 8568 H / 14) Award certificate, 1900–1901 Paris – Salon 1914 1888–1900: ARTISTIC AND COMMERCIAL Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la 18) Exhibition glass, left to right: (66-003) SUCCESS Légion d’honneur Awarded to Louis C. Tiffany for Vase, c. 1909 19) Library lamp, c. 1910 12) Early glass, left to right: his exhibition at the Exposition Exhibited: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Universelle, Paris, 1900 Exposition, Seattle, 1909 Vase, c. 1897 Ink on vellum Paperweight, gladiolus Blown and carved glass with Gift of Louis T. Lusk Blown glass trailed, iridized decoration (68-060:027) Marks: L.C. Tiffany – Favrile Marks: L. C. Tiffany Favrile / 2132 E – Alaska –Yukon – Ex. E 752 / E 752 15) Reading lamp, after 1899 Paper label: [conjoined LCT] / (65-024) Version exhibited at TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS / Grafton Galleries, London, 1899 REGISTERED TRADE MARK No. 400, Nautilus design (84-011) Leaded glass, bronze Marks on base: TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / [conjoined TGDco] (69-002)

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