This is the first book in many years devoted to Tiffany lamps. Nancy A.McClelland and Lars Rachen, both experts in the field of Louis Comfort Tiffany's work, have made a selection of exceptional lamps - many of which have rarely been seen - and nearly every one has been newly photographed with the latest photographic techniques to reveal in extraordinary detail the revolutionary artistic quality and high craftsmanship of Tiffany's glass. Noted authorities on Tiffany, Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, contribute essays on the history of these objects, enlarging our understanding of Tiffany's achievement. Louis Comfort Tiffany found inspiration in nature and in the gardens of the Briars and Laurelton Hall, his vast country estates on Long Island's North Shore. There, Tiffany carefully painted and photographed the tree blossoms, vines, flowers and fauna that were the chief ornaments of his prized glass lamps. These natural motifs were a resource that Tiffany...

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