The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
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 | Authors: By Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland, and Lars Rachen, principal photography by Colin Cooke Imprint: Vendome Press ISBN: 0-86565-296-1 EAN: 9780865652965 Availability: Prepublication Publishing Date: 10/1/2012 Trim Size: 8 1/3 x 10 1/4 Page Count: 240 Cover: Hardcover with jacket Illustrations: 250 color and black-and-white illustrations | Price:
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About the book
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-siècle glassmakers and outline the making of Tiffany’s lamps, from freehand sketch to elegant finished form.
About the author
Martin Eidelberg is Professor Emeritus, Art History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and has written extensively on Tiffany.
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen is Curator of Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Nancy McClelland is an art consultant specializing in the decorative arts.