TIFFANY EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT REAGAN LIBRARY.Byline: Daily News From signature Tiffany lamps to seldom-shown pieces, an exhibit of works from Louis Comfort Tiffany will open today at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs and Museum. First popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the decorative arts decorative arts, term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament), public buildings, and private houses (see often feature stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. and include themes from nature and influences from Asian arts. Highlights from ``The Spirit of Tiffany'' exhibit include a mermaid window designed in 1899, with layered and rippled glass to give the impression of the sea, and two snowflake glass urns that have not before been exhibited. The exhibit includes lamps, jewelry, furniture and other pieces. Louis Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany Charles Lewis Tiffany (b. February 15, 1812, d. February 18, 1902) founded Tiffany & Co. in New York City in 1837. A leader in the American jewelry trade in the nineteenth century, he was known for his jewelry expertise, created the country's first retail catalog, and, in 1851, he , a silversmith and jeweler who opened Tiffany and Co., in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , in 1837. The library and museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except some holidays. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 seniors and free to children 15 and under. The exhibit will continue through March at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum, 40 Presidential Drive. For more information, call (805) 522-2977. |
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