About Louis Comfort Tiffany and his home, Laurelton Hall Lighting Timeline The illuminated vision: Louis Comfort Tiffany was interior designer. At 24, he which were unique in the As an interior designer, 3000 B.C. – First use of can- reservoir was hidden in the tiffany lamps and lighting born in 1848 in New York began studying the chemistry way they were streaked with Tiffany designed lighting for dles in Crete and Egypt. lovely mosaic-covered base. from the morse collection City. He was and techniques of glassmak- all kinds of other colors. author Mark Twain’s house Tiffany made candlesticks FAMILY GUIDE the son of the ing. He eventually developed Tiffany introduced lamps in Hartford, Connecticut, in as well as lamps. Find the 1855 – Invention of the famous jeweler, new types of glass of amazing with blown-glass shades in 1881 – 1882 and for President Tiffany candlesticks in Bunsen Burner for laborato- the charles hosmer morse museum of american art Charles Lewis color and texture. In doing 1894 and leaded-glass shades Chester Arthur’s White House Gallery XII. ries that led to the mass use Tiffany, who so, he helped revive the art of in 1898. These lamps, however, in 1882 – 1883. Tiffany, who of gas lighting. founded Tiffany stained glass in America. The were not Tiffany’s first experi- loved to go to the theater, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) & Co. of New glass he and others introduced ments with lights or lighting. worked with inventor Thomas 1879 – Thomas Edison pat- York City, which is still in was called opalescent glass and The lamps that became so Edison on the lighting for the ented the incandescent light business today. also, because of its origins in popular were in many ways Lyceum Theater in New York bulb. Louis Comfort Tiffany this country, American glass. a natural result of the artist’s in 1884-1885. The theater was started his artistic career as a The glass came in an unend- long fascination with color said to have included the painter and then became an ing variety of bold colors, and light. first-ever electric footlights. Two candle lamps, c. 1905. Blown glass, Left: An exterior view of Laurelton Elizabeth Morse Genius wedding gift, Electrolier, c. 1904. Black-eyed Susan design, Leaded glass, Laurelton Hall (1902-1905), Hall. Right: The dining room at LAUREltoN hall liGhtiNG ACtiVitY (93-007, 93-008). Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York (67-018). Laurelton Hall. Below: The living room at Laurelton Hall. 1. Take a close look at the photograph of Tiffany’s living 1450 –1200 B.C. – First In Gallery XII, the Black-eyed room. What kind of lamps or lighting would you put in your Susan electrolier, the three ouis Comfort Tiffany was one of the most important Turtleback electroliers, and the living room? use of oil lamps. Some of Turtleback hanging lantern all and influential American artists of the late 1800s and were in Laurelton Hall during Tiffany’s lamps that are now Tiffany’s lifetime. It is not known 2. Go to Gallery III, and find the exhibit of objects from the electric were originally early 1900s. He and his firm, Tiffany Studios, were where the Black-eyed Susan dining room at Laurelton Hall. The light fixture for the din- electrolier was hung in the L house, but all three Turtleback ing room is believed to be the largest lamp Tiffany made for oil lamps. Find Tiffany’s famous throughout America and Europe for revolution- Tiffany constructed Laurelton Hall, an 84- electroliers as well as the a home; it is composed of more than 5,000 pieces of Favrile Cobweb Library Lamp in room mansion on Oyster Bay, Long Island, Turtleback hanging lantern ary creations in colored glass. But though it was Tiffany’s hung over a reading table in glass. Favrile was the name that Tiffany used for his glass, a from 1902 – 1905. He decorated the interior Gallery X. This lamp used the living/music room. name he took from an old English word meaning handmade. stained-glass windows, mosaic works, and blown-glass vases of the mansion with thousands of interesting to be an oil lamp; the oil Cobweb library lamp, No. L146, c. 1900. objects he had collected from around the that launched him on the world stage, it was his lamps more 3. Notice how Tiffany used similar shapes in the ceil- Leaded glass, mosaic, and bronze, world. Inside the mansion, Tiffany also show- Special order (62-020). cased his favorite works from the Studios ing shade, the table, and the rug. In this way, he created than anything else that expanded his popularity beyond “design unity.” What shape did Tiffany use? What is your (including windows, furniture, lighting, glass, wealthy society and into the American heartland. With his pottery, and textiles), many of which he had favorite shape, and why? What shape is most common in designed. Louis Tiffany died in 1933 at the age your bedroom? Answer: Tiffany used an eight-sided shape called an octagon. lamps, Tiffany made practical household objects beautiful. of 85. A fire destroyed Laurelton Hall in 1957. After the fire, Hugh and Jeannette McKean, 4. Go to Gallery IV and study the pictures of Laurelton Hall He was among the first artists to see the invention of early admirers of Tiffany, visited the ruins and and the interior of the chapel. How many lighting fixtures do electric light for its potential as an art form in the home. decided to preserve as much as they could you see pictured in the dining room, reception hall, and for their collection at the Morse Museum in living room photographs? 445 north park avenue, winter park, florida 32789 Winter Park, Florida. (407) 645-5311 www.morsemuseum.org Illuminate: To provide with light; to turn or focus light upon. ©2003 Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. About Louis Comfort Tiffany and his home, Laurelton Hall Lighting Timeline The illuminated vision: Louis Comfort Tiffany was interior designer. At 24, he which were unique in the As an interior designer, 3000 B.C. – First use of can- reservoir was hidden in the tiffany lamps and lighting born in 1848 in New York began studying the chemistry way they were streaked with Tiffany designed lighting for dles in Crete and Egypt. lovely mosaic-covered base. from the morse collection City. He was and techniques of glassmak- all kinds of other colors. author Mark Twain’s house Tiffany made candlesticks FAMILY GUIDE the son of the ing. He eventually developed Tiffany introduced lamps in Hartford, Connecticut, in as well as lamps. Find the 1855 – Invention of the famous jeweler, new types of glass of amazing with blown-glass shades in 1881 – 1882 and for President Tiffany candlesticks in Bunsen Burner for laborato- the charles hosmer morse museum of american art Charles Lewis color and texture. In doing 1894 and leaded-glass shades Chester Arthur’s White House Gallery XII. ries that led to the mass use Tiffany, who so, he helped revive the art of in 1898. These lamps, however, in 1882 – 1883. Tiffany, who of gas lighting. founded Tiffany stained glass in America. The were not Tiffany’s first experi- loved to go to the theater, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) & Co. of New glass he and others introduced ments with lights or lighting. worked with inventor Thomas 1879 – Thomas Edison pat- York City, which is still in was called opalescent glass and The lamps that became so Edison on the lighting for the ented the incandescent light business today. also, because of its origins in popular were in many ways Lyceum Theater in New York bulb. Louis Comfort Tiffany this country, American glass. a natural result of the artist’s in 1884-1885. The theater was started his artistic career as a The glass came in an unend- long fascination with color said to have included the painter and then became an ing variety of bold colors, and light. first-ever electric footlights. Two candle lamps, c. 1905. Blown glass, Left: An exterior view of Laurelton Elizabeth Morse Genius wedding gift, Electrolier, c. 1904. Black-eyed Susan design, Leaded glass, Laurelton Hall (1902-1905), Hall. Right: The dining room at LAUREltoN hall liGhtiNG ACtiVitY (93-007, 93-008). Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York (67-018). Laurelton Hall. Below: The living room at Laurelton Hall. 1. Take a close look at the photograph of Tiffany’s living 1450 –1200 B.C. – First In Gallery XII, the Black-eyed room. What kind of lamps or lighting would you put in your Susan electrolier, the three ouis Comfort Tiffany was one of the most important Turtleback electroliers, and the living room? use of oil lamps. Some of Turtleback hanging lantern all and influential American artists of the late 1800s and were in Laurelton Hall during Tiffany’s lamps that are now Tiffany’s lifetime. It is not known 2. Go to Gallery III, and find the exhibit of objects from the electric were originally early 1900s. He and his firm, Tiffany Studios, were where the Black-eyed Susan dining room at Laurelton Hall. The light fixture for the din- electrolier was hung in the L house, but all three Turtleback ing room is believed to be the largest lamp Tiffany made for oil lamps. Find Tiffany’s famous throughout America and Europe for revolution- Tiffany constructed Laurelton Hall, an 84- electroliers as well as the a home; it is composed of more than 5,000 pieces of Favrile Cobweb Library Lamp in room mansion on Oyster Bay, Long Island, Turtleback hanging lantern ary creations in colored glass.