  
An unrivaled master of stained glass and Art Nouveau ornament, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933) rehabilitated an art form that had stagnated for hundreds of years. Tiffany was an accomplished painter before he began his experiments in glass, and he brought a colorist’s eye to the creation of richly hued glass—often blended in patterns that mingled or swept across the sheet with painterly fluidity. Largely thanks to Tiffany’s work, decorative stained glass windows became hugely popular in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. They showed up in churches, of course, but also in civic buildings, steamships, shops, and homes.
Contains Butterfly window, Landscape with Peacock and Peonies window (detail), Snowball transom, and Parrots window. Twenty full-color 5 x 7" blank notecards (five each of four styles) with white envelopes in a decorative box.
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