52nd Annual Delaware Show

While Tiffany Glass features the celebrated and well-known glass produced at Tiffany Studios, Tiffany: The Color of Luxury delves into other specialties of the company— the interior design and rug departments (fig. 4) . H. F. du Pont relied on Tiffany Studios as the primary source for his rugs, both “oriental” and hooked. He furnished his Southampton summer home as well as Winterthur with scores of rugs from Tiffany and also had representatives from the firm provide yearly maintenance. This level of custom service was a standard upheld by both Louis C. Tiffany and his father, setting them apart from their competitors. H. F. du Pont was also a customer of Tiffany & Co., where he acquired nearly all of his stationery in addition to gifts of silver and, to a lesser extent, jewelry. Tiffany: The Color of Luxury includes an assortment of these objects alongside silver, jewels, and trinkets cherished by other twentieth-century owners, all illuminating the role of Tiffany & Co. as a major supplier of luxury and special-occasion gifts. That prominence continues to be reinforced by savvy retailing and branding efforts, with the famous Tiffany & Co. blue box a widely recognized symbol of quality (fig. 5) . Fig. 4. The rug repository at Tiffany Studios, ca. 1913. Fig. 5. Tiffany & Co. charm bracelet and recognizable blue box. — 101 —