April 26 through June 29, 2025
Kress Gallery
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 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.
Poppy Library Lamp with Moth Lamp Screen, made in New York, sometime between 1900 and 1910. Created by Tiffany Studios under the artistic direction of Louis C. Tiffany (1848–1933). The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, NY.
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.
The exhibition was curated and organized by the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, New York.
Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass is generously supported by the Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation and Tom and Amy Scalici. Additional support is provided by the County of Lehigh and Rago | Wright.
The exhibition program at the Allentown Art Museum is supported through the generosity of the Bernard and Audrey Berman Foundation and the Leon C. and June W. Holt Endowment.