Louis Comfort Tiffany At The Metropolitan and similar items

Vintage original softcover edition of LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEM OF ART. Published in 1999 and edited by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum, this 8.75 x 11 in. softcover book consists of 100 pages filled with beautiful and rare photographs of the famous artist's creations. This example is in fine+ condition with the only flaws being two small holes along the bottom of the title page and one small hole about the size of a dime on the top center of the the following page and the last page. The back of the title page exhibits light signs of wear and scuffing in the bottom half. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was one of America's preeminent masters of the decorative arts. Although he is best known for his prodigious achievements in glass, especially for his vibrantly colored windows and lamps, Tiffany excelled in a wide range of media - mosaics, enamels, metalwork, ceramics, and jewelry - all handsomely represented in this publication by pieces from the Metropolitan Museum's outstanding collection of Tiffany works. Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum, presents Tiffany's works in the context of his career, discusses his artistic themes and his devotion to nature, and sheds new light on his technical virtuosity. She has illustrated her text with many of Tiffany's water-color presentation drawings selected from the more than 400 in the Museum's collections. Many of these drawings, made by Tiffany and his artists over a period of forty years, are reproduced here for the first time.