Tiffany's Gardens in Glass

   Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass explores Louis C. Tiffany’s enduring interest in the natural world and illuminates his studios’ path from inspiration to expression. This dynamic focus-exhibition features ten of Tiffany Studios’ famously lush botanical lamps and windows, along with nine nature study photographs drawn from the Studios’ own extensive reference collection. 

Louis C. Tiffany tirelessly explored the creative potential of glass, particularly as a medium to express his deep love of nature’s beauty. His personal reference library was filled with books on flower varieties, botany, and gardening, and he maintained extensive greenhouses and gardens at his magnificent Long Island estate. Tiffany staffed his studios with designers, artists, and artisans who shared his passion for the rich colors and sinuous forms found in nature. Their skill, along with the vast range of colors and effects available to them, made it possible for Tiffany Studios to translate natural forms faithfully into glass: velvety or paper-thin petals, waxy or veined leaves, dappled sunlight or shadow, and much more. 

Today, floral lamps and landscape windows are among Tiffany’s most recognizable and celebrated works. Perpetually in bloom, these gardens in glass are a passionate celebration of nature, and a testimony to the sophisticated design and exquisite craftsmanship of Tiffany Studios.

Oshkosh Public Museum is excited to partner with The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass to bring Tiffany’s Gardens In Glass to Oshkosh! This exhibition is the perfect complement to the Historic Sawyer Home’s one-of-a-kind Tiffany interiors. Explore beautiful stained-glass lamps and windows, and learn how nature influenced Tiffany designs.

Image credits:

Apple Blossom Library Lamp, made in New York, sometime between 1902 and 1910. Created by Tiffany Studios under the artistic direction of Louis C. Tiffany (1848–1933). The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, NY.

Well by Fence Window, made in New York, sometime between 1902 and 1910. Created by Tiffany Studios under the artistic direction of Louis C. Tiffany (1848–1933); design attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (1857–1953). The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, NY.