TIFFANY GLASS TILE AND MOSAIC TREASURES 1890-1905
KICKS OFF 60TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR AT FAMED LILLIAN NASSAU
GALLERY FORM DECEMBER 12 TO JANUARY 31
To celebrate the start of its 60th anniversary year, the world acclaimed
Lillian Nassau Gallery is staging the first in a series of shows to honor Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios.
Timed to coincide with the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art show built around objects created for the Oyster Bay, New York, home of Louis Comfort Tiffany,
“Laurelton Hall, the show at Lillian Nassau Gallery, “Tiffany Glass Tiles and Mosaic Treasures 1890-1905” will open on December 12th and remain on view through January 31.
Arlie Sulka, who has spent a quarter of a century at Lillian Nassau and recently took over the Gallery business said “We really feel lucky to have these original tiles because it allows us to go behind-the-scenes and see just how Tiffany Studios orchestrated its design and production. Our show includes a unique cache of Tiffany glass mosaics and tiles acquired by a single collector when Tiffany Studios closed in the 1930’s.
Several museum quality Tiffany table lamps with pieces of tiles and mosaics embedded in their design are stars of the show. Plus, there is a sample panel showing dozens of Tiffany mosaic border designs that Sulka says were incorporated into interiors. Lillian Nassau Gallery will also feature a wonderful Tiffany glass tile window transom from the period, and a ten foot wide fireplace surround made of marble and Tiffany glass mosaics that was the focal point of the a of a Cleveland bank. “Collectors will want to see the
several architectural drawings we have that illustrate ways to incorporate Tiffany mosaics into a home or commercial building,” she adds.
Arlie Sulka is well known to viewers of the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow”
and has been a Tiffany specialist on the TV series for nine years. She was personally recruited in 1980 by Lillian Nassau, the woman responsible for popularizing Tiffany lamps and glass. She learned everything about Louis Comfort Tiffany’s talent and appeal under Mrs. Nassau’s tutelage. Lillian Nassau died at age 95 in 1995.
“Louis Comfort Tiffany’s creativity is evident in every aspect; he cared about the entire esthetic. The range of sizes, shapes, colors and designs of these tiles is quite diverse,” Sulka says. “Fragments often were incorporated into original Tiffany lamp bases
and shades, including a Peony lamp formerly in the collection of Barbra Streisand, which is on view and priced at $1 million.”
“Many people may not be aware that Louis Comfort Tiffany had a hand in designing many great things besides lamps and blown glass. A favorite bit of trivia of mine is that he designed the New York Yankees logo,” Sulka adds.
The Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 10-5, and Saturday 10:30-5.
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