Visited the Morse Museum in Winter Park. It is a small museum you can easily get through in an hour with a nice collection of work related to Louis Tiffany. It also has recreations using original pieces of some of the lavish rooms from his home in Long Island, which was largely destroyed by fire, and exhibition pieces from World’s Fairs. There are example of other contemporary artists and studios as well. I was interesting to see how some of the earlier electric lamps were styled and how little has changed in lamp design. It seems even from the beginning you could mix and match your shade with your lamp base.
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c. 1910, Tiffany was known for iridescent glass and patented a process for it
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c. 1920, Stueben Glass Works, other studios were also making iridescent glass
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These colors are still popular
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Louis's father, Charles, started the Tiffany & Co jewelry company. Louis took over after his father’s death and produced some art jewelry involving semi precious stones and enamels
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Tiffany Studios produced more than glass, they did pottery and mosiacs as well
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From various companies, 'peach blow' glass was popular in the Victorian era. The coloring came from a famous Chinese vase.
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c. 1910-1926, Fulper Pottery co., a pottery and glass lamp shade
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c. 1910-28, Roycroft, Dard Hunter designer
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c. 1919, reverse painted glass shade, The Handel Co.
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c. 1900 Tiffany Library Studios Lamp, oil lamp conversion, cobweb shade and floral base
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c.1905, Tiffany Studios, tulip design, oil lamp conversion
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c. 1902, award winning Tiffany Studios Wisteria design
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c. 1902 award winning lamp, Tiffany Studios, Pond Lily
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c. 1900-1915, small accent Tiffany lamps
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c. 1902, Tiffany Studios, Spider and Web
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after 1900, Tiffany Studios, ball shape pond lily design.
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c. 1910, Tiffany Studios, jeweled Gentian Blossom shade with Indian Hookah design base
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The Chapel, 1893, Tiffany, for exhibition at the Chicago world's fair
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Veranda from Tiffany's home in Long Island, Laurelton Hall
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Dining room flush mount and windows
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Overmantel Clock (Month, Day, Hour)
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Dining room rugs
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Painted textile from Laurelton Hall reception room
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Fountain with vase display from Laurelton Hall reception room
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Wheels with colored glass under the fountain base gave a dramatic color changing effect
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The original glass base of the fountain, turned orange by lead in the pipes
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Laurelton Hall living room
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Lamp screens were designed to hang from the lamp finial and shield the user from the glare of the bulb, like modern day diffusers
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The 4 Seasons c. 1899-1900, exhibited in Paris and Turin
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These designs are multidimensional.
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Indian inspired doors from Laurelton Hall art gallery
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c. 1899-1900 Pumpkin and Beets window, exhibited in Paris, Tiffany Studios
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Tiffany Studios glass vase from Laurelton Hall
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Tiffany Studios glass window from Laurelton Hall
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bowed window, Tiffany Studios, Laurelton Hall