Tiffany glass

American  

noun

1. Favrile Glass.

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Tiffany glass British  

noun

1. another term for Favrile glass

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Tiffany glass Cultural  

1. Lamps and other glass objects created by Louis Tiffany, an American artisan of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These objects are greatly prized and have been much imitated.

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Etymology

Origin of Tiffany glass

Named after L. C. Tiffany

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Tiffany glass

Better yet, the Palm Court has Tiffany glass skylights, with an intricate pattern that could easily transform itself into a nest of writhing snakes whenever people aren’t looking directly at it.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2021

The home has seven bedrooms and 10.5 bathrooms, including a primary suite complete with Tiffany glass that was purchased from Elton John in the ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

New galleries dedicated to American neo-Classical arts opened in 2007 and the period rooms and light-filled Charles Englehard Court atrium with its monumental sculptures and Tiffany glass windows reopened in 2009.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2012

In Houston, Bertoia metal spires up to 12 feet tall will tower over Evans cabinets fronted in a patchwork of steel and slate, and a triangular Wormley table inlaid with Tiffany glass tiles.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2011

They are not attracted by Tiffany glass windows, nor the vanilla-flavored music of a mixed quartet, nor the oddly assorted "enrichments" we have dovetailed into a once puritan order of worship.

From Preaching and Paganism by Albert Parker Fitch

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