Features over seventy carefully selected Tiffany lamps drawn from private and public collections on three continents. The authors reveal step by step the complex process involved in fabricating the lamps. They demonstrate the development and manufacture of Tiffany lamps from freehand sketch to the elegant finished form.
Noted authorities on Tiffany, Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, have contributed essays on the history of these objects. Includes twelve masterpieces that have not been published in more than seventy-five years.