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

In 2021, when a local historical society submitted a nomination to have the church listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, its report on the building’s historical significance did not mention Tiffany glass.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

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

The patrons of the five Tiffany glass windows there hail from names we know, our street-name families, the clans behind the commercial enterprises that crowned Cincinnati the Queen City in the mid-19th century.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2018

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