White House Glass Screen Interiors (1882)*

Artist/Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany

Project Location: New York, United States

Figure 1: The Grand Illumination by Peter Waddell, Source: Peter Wedell Official Website. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : January 4, 2017 | Photographer: Peter Waddell )

Figure 2: Louis Comfort Tiffany, White House interiors by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Source: Edison Effect Blogspot. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )

Figure 3: Louis Comfort Tiffany, White House interiors by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Source: Edison Effect Blogspot. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )

Figure 4: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC )

Figure 5: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC )

Figure 6: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 )

Figure 7: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC )

Figure 8: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC )

Figure 9: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Various Works at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Various Interiors. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : September 22, 2013 | Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC )

Style/Period(s):
Aesthetic Movements, Art Nouveau

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Color, Metal

Function(s):
Government, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

http://www.biography.com/people/louis-tiffany-9507399#early-life | Accessed : January 4, 2017

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tiff/hd_tiff.htm | Accessed : January 4, 2017

An Essay on "The Grand Illumination" by Peter Waddell | Accessed : November 11, 2018

Glass Screen | Accessed : November 11, 2018

Louis Comfort Tiffany - General Information | Accessed : November 11, 2018

Significant Date(s):
19th Century, 1882

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Eidelberg, Martin, et al. The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist's Country Estate. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. "Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 56 (Summer 1998).
McKean, Hugh F. The "Lost" Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 2002.
Zapata, Janet. The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany. New York: Abrams, 1993.
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. "Louis Comfort Tiffany at The Metropolitan Museum." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 56, no. 1 (Summer 1998).
"A Bicentennial Treasury: American Masterpieces from the Metropolitan." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 33, no. 4 (Winter, 1975–76).
Feld, Stuart P. "Nature in Her Most Seductive Aspects : Louis Comfort Tiffany's Favrile Glass." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 21, no. 3 (November, 1962).
Bella Apartment window, ca. 1880
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)
Leaded glass
Louise Tiffany, Reading, 1888
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)
Pastel on buff-colored wove paper
Vase, 1898
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)
Glazed porcelaneous earthenware
Magnolia and Irises, ca. 1908
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933); Tiffany Studios
Leaded Favrile glass
Lamp, 1904–15
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933); Tiffany Studios
Leaded Favrile glass, bronze
Tiffany Studios, New York, NY and Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., New York, NY Date:c. 1900 Medium:Glass mosaic tile, mounted in bronze

Building Address:
Original Interior located at White House : 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
Now many of the pieces can be seen at the MET BREUR NYC : 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021

Significant Dates: Construction (1882)

Supporting Staff/ Designers:

Tags: Interior Partitions, Interior Thresholds, Glass Fabrication,

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