Loved the Tiffany glass at Norfolk's Chrysler Museum of Art

Lotus Pagoda Library Lamp, Tiffany Studios, 1905; the NY Historical Society (Central Park West at West 77th Street) has one of the world's largest collections of Tiffany lamps (132 in the Dr. Egon Neustadt Collection)

Woman in a Pergola with Wisteria, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1910-14; this window was commissioned (displayed above the grand staircase in the entrance hall) by Joseph Raphael de Lamar for Pembroke, his $15 million (100 yrs ago!) Glen Cove, Long Island estate

Favrile Paperweight Vase, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1914-15; Favrile glass differs from most iridescent glasses because the color is ingrained in the glass itself, as well as having distinctive coloring

Turtleback Hanging Lantern, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1905; although now famous for his stand-alone pieces, Tiffany was often commissioned to decorate church interiors or entire homes, including furniture and lighting

Wisteria Lamp, Tiffany Studios (Clara Driscoll), ca. 1901; Driscoll designed more than 30+ Tiffany lamps and was head of the Tiffany Studios Women's Glass Cutting Department (aka the Tiffany Girls)

Seascape Window, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1910; Louis Comfort Tiffany, heir to the Tiffany jewelry fortune (founded by his father), started out as an excellent painter before pursuing interior design and eventually glassmaking

Tulip Vase, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1909; In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him

Pond Lily Library Lamp, Tiffany Studios, 1905; Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 (most at a factory in Corona, Queens, NYC)

Favrile Paperweight Vase, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1913; Favrile was the first art glass to be used in stained-glass windows; admission to this outstanding museum is free

Favrile Agate Vase, Tiffany Studios, ca. 1898; Favrile glass is a type of iridescent art glass developed by Tiffany; Tiffany won a grand prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his Favrile glass

Dragonfly Library Lamp, Tiffany Studios (Clara Driscoll), ca. 1905; Louis Comfort Tiffany hired Driscoll in 1888 but she had to leave (married women couldn't work) in 1889 when she got married; her husband died in 1892 so she went back to work at Tiffany

Daffodil Library Lamp (with Dragonfly Light Screen), Tiffany Studios, ca. 1905;Tiffany lamps, part of the Art Nouveau movement, gained popularity after they were introduced at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893