52nd Annual Delaware Show

who made significant contributions to the artistic success of the firm, including designers Clara Driscoll and Agnes Northrop and chemist Arthur J. Nash. On view are impressive works that demonstrate Louis C. Tiffany’s fascination with the interplay of light and color. Windows such as Well by Fence illustrate how Tiffany and his employees embraced innovative techniques with varied patterns, textures, and opacities to create glass “paintings” (fig. 2) . Even smaller domestic objects, like the numerous lamps they produced, show the range of naturalistic and geometric designs mastered by the Tiffany Studios artists. From dragonflies to wisteria to faux fringe, these designs add charm, whimsy, and beauty to what would otherwise be utilitarian objects (fig. 3) . Fig. 2. Well by Fence window, Tiffany Studios (design attributed to Agnes Northrop), ca. 1910. Leaded glass, 21½ x 53½ in. The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, N.Y. Fig. 3. Wisteria library lamp, Tiffany Studios (designed by Clara Driscoll), ca. 1901. Leaded glass, bronze. 26½ x 18 in. The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, N.Y. — 100 —