Tiffany Studios
Magnolia and Wisteria Window

Height: 89 3/8 inches
Width: 159 inches
American, circa 1905-10

Wisteria vines and magnolia blossoms and buds were among Louis C. Tiffany’s most cherished motifs and were used in both windows and lamps. Indeed, Tiffany’s homes on Madison Avenue and 72nd Street in New York City and Laurelton Hall in Oyster Bay both featured impressive windows based on these floral motifs.

This window is composed of four panels that depict a trellis interlaced with the leaves and flowers of the wisteria vine hanging from the top and lush magnolias growing from the bottom. The side panels are set against a shimmering blue sky and the two central ones have clear glass enabling an exterior view. While Tiffany Studios is most noted for ecclesiastical designs for church windows, landscape windows were also made for domestic interiors. These domestic windows are far more rare and would have been reserved for opulent settings.


Exhibited:
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1989 - March 4, 1990

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, April 12 - September 9, 1990

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan, January 12 - March 17, 1991

Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, April 6 - May 12, 1991

Electricity Museum Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, May 18 - June 23, 1991

Toyama Citizens Plaza, Toyama, Japan, June 30 - July 26, 1991

Height: 89 3/8 inches
Width: 159 inches
American, circa 1905-10

Wisteria vines and magnolia blossoms and buds were among Louis C. Tiffany’s most cherished motifs and were used in both windows and lamps. Indeed, Tiffany’s homes on Madison Avenue and 72nd Street in New York City and Laurelton Hall in Oyster Bay both featured impressive windows based on these floral motifs.

This window is composed of four panels that depict a trellis interlaced with the leaves and flowers of the wisteria vine hanging from the top and lush magnolias growing from the bottom. The side panels are set against a shimmering blue sky and the two central ones have clear glass enabling an exterior view. While Tiffany Studios is most noted for ecclesiastical designs for church windows, landscape windows were also made for domestic interiors. These domestic windows are far more rare and would have been reserved for opulent settings.


Exhibited:
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1989 - March 4, 1990

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, April 12 - September 9, 1990

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan, January 12 - March 17, 1991

Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, April 6 - May 12, 1991

Electricity Museum Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, May 18 - June 23, 1991

Toyama Citizens Plaza, Toyama, Japan, June 30 - July 26, 1991

Height: 89 3/8 inches
Width: 159 inches
American, circa 1905-10

Wisteria vines and magnolia blossoms and buds were among Louis C. Tiffany’s most cherished motifs and were used in both windows and lamps. Indeed, Tiffany’s homes on Madison Avenue and 72nd Street in New York City and Laurelton Hall in Oyster Bay both featured impressive windows based on these floral motifs.

This window is composed of four panels that depict a trellis interlaced with the leaves and flowers of the wisteria vine hanging from the top and lush magnolias growing from the bottom. The side panels are set against a shimmering blue sky and the two central ones have clear glass enabling an exterior view. While Tiffany Studios is most noted for ecclesiastical designs for church windows, landscape windows were also made for domestic interiors. These domestic windows are far more rare and would have been reserved for opulent settings.


Exhibited:
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1989 - March 4, 1990

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, April 12 - September 9, 1990

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan, January 12 - March 17, 1991

Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, April 6 - May 12, 1991

Electricity Museum Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, May 18 - June 23, 1991

Toyama Citizens Plaza, Toyama, Japan, June 30 - July 26, 1991