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The Eternal Glow of Tiffany’s Sacred Glass

by Robert Archambeau February 1, 2020February 2, 2020

The term “stained glass” hardly gets at the vast variety of techniques and range of effects achieved by Tiffany and his peers. It can almost be called sculpted light.

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Decoding a Tiffany Glassmaker’s Secret Notebook

by Allison Meier May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

The small leather-bound book was used by Tiffany Studios glassmaker Leslie Nash to record recipes, designs, and personal notes on glass chemistry.

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A Redesigned Floor at the New-York Historical Society Helps Illuminate the City’s Past

by Allison Meier April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

On April 29, the museum will reopen its fourth floor with a Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, Center for Women’s History, and new space for permanent collection highlights.

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Restoring a Tiffany Mosaic and Its Ethereal Light to a Bronx Cemetery

by Allison Meier November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

The Tiffany-designed 1914 Swan Memorial in the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery is being restored after over a century of deterioration in the open air.

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All that Glitters Isn’t Gold — Sometimes It’s Silver from Tiffany’s

by Allison Meier July 21, 2016July 21, 2016

The Morgan Library and Museum continues to spotlight some of its glittering books beneath the revamped lighting in its historic 1906 McKim Building.

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A Glittering Restoration of the Park Avenue Armory’s Veterans Room, with a Modern Touch

by Claire Voon March 11, 2016March 10, 2016

Back when the Park Avenue Armory served as the headquarters for New York State’s Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, it housed on its ground floor a massive, high-ceilinged room where retired soldiers could lounge with a brandy in one hand, a cigar in the other, and a spittoon by their sides.

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From a Synagogue to a Pizzeria, an Alternative Tour of Stained Glass in NYC

by Allison Meier August 11, 2015August 12, 2015

Although it’s an art form more associated with medieval cathedrals, there is stunning stained glass in New York City.

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A Guide to the 19th-Century Artists’ Graves of New York City

by Allison Meier June 25, 2015June 29, 2015

Cemeteries are like indexes of a city’s history, listing the names of its deceased from famous to forgotten in an endless litany.

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