Wisteria Casement Windows
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1905
MediumLeaded glass
Dimensions59 x 90 in. (149.9 x 228.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 65 x 107 7/16 x 1 11/16 in. (165.1 x 272.9 x 4.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 65 x 107 7/16 x 1 11/16 in. (165.1 x 272.9 x 4.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Seymour Stein
Object number82.144
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a triptych of wisteria windows. The center is an 18-panel leaded glass window with the top frieze of pendant blue wisteria clusters with brown boughs and variegated green leaves on lattice panes. The stem extends along the total left side of the panel.Label TextTiffany Studios New York, 1902–1932 Wisteria Casement Windows, ca. 1905 Leaded glass Gaze upon this window and you might feel like you’re sitting in a garden under the shade of a meandering wisteria vine. Louis C. Tiffany (1848–1933) designed this style of window—colorless glass in a latticework pattern crowned by a magnificently blooming vine—to bring the outdoors inside. His company, Tiffany Studios, produced thousands of leaded-glass windows to decorate public buildings, private homes, and houses of worship with diverse flowers and plants. Especially fond of wisteria, Tiffany installed windows similar to these in his own dining room. To see additional works by Tiffany, visit our glass galleries on the opposite side of Huber Court. Gift of Seymour Stein 82.144 Published ReferencesJoe Porcelli, STAINED GLASS JEWELS OF LIGHT, (New York: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc., 1998) p. 70-71
