Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in New York City on February 18, 1848, to …show more content…
Tiffany firmly believed that beautiful and luxurious works of art should be enjoyed by all, and he thought if one couldn’t afford to commission an original painting or stained glass window, then one of his lamps may be in fiscal reach for those who were not extremely wealthy. “Of course, Tiffany's lamps were largely priced for the luxury market, but his insistence that the objects of everyday life should have artistic merit set him apart in the industrial age.”5 While Tiffany’s talented team of craftsmen used specified patterns to create lampshades, they were each unique and original due to the individualized pieces of glass and their highly varied colors and densities.3 “While glass is the most significant medium in which Tiffany worked, he designed, fabricated, or sold everything that made up an interior, including furniture, textiles, and wall