Exhibitions

Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

A celebration of beauty, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection features more than 60 objects, spanning over 30 years of Tiffany’s prolific career. The exhibition showcases Tiffany’s innovative work in leaded and blown glass, including stellar examples of his famous windows, lamps, and vases. One of America’s most renowned artists, Louis Comfort Tiffany worked in nearly all of the media available to artists and designers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—glass, ceramic, metalwork, jewelry, and painting. His love of the natural world inspired floral-themed vases and lamps, delicate vegetal candlesticks, and dramatic landscape windows. Tiffany earned international acclaim, receiving prestigious awards in exhibitions across Europe and the United States, and his busy studios produced a range of objects, from common household items to one-of-a-kind masterpieces. His work was enthusiastically collected by art museums and private collectors throughout his lifetime, and continues to be highly sought after today. This exhibition revels in the artistry and craftsmanship of the Tiffany artworks from Chicago’s distinguished Richard H. Driehaus Collection, highlighting masterworks in a comprehensive exhibition.

Join us for Brunch at Tiffany’s, an art-inspired garden party, on May 14.

Mar 12, 2022  -  Jun 5, 2022

Price: Free with admission

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Tiffany Studios, Garden Landscape Window, 1900–1910, leaded glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Peony Lamp, c. 1903–1905, Bronze, leaded glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, Fish and Waves Lamp, c. 1900, Blown glass, patinated bronze. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, Eighteen-light Lily Table Lamp, prior to 1902, Bronze, blown glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase, 1907–1910, Blown glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Floriform Vase, c. 1902, Blown glass, gilt-bronze. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Miniature Vases, (detail), 1898–1900, Blown glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Humidor, c. 1902–1910, bronze, blown glass. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Landscape Window, 1893–1920, leaded glass, quartz stones. Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Tiffany Studios, Group of lamps (birds-eye detail). Photograph by John Faier. © 2013 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

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Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection was organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Sewell C. Biggs and foundations including the Choptank Foundation. This exhibition is sponsored by M&T Bank and made possible in Delaware by the Hallie Tybout Exhibition Fund for American Art and the Johannes R. and Betty P. Krahmer American Art Exhibition Fund. This exhibition is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.