Corning Museum of Glass Hosts Tiffany Exhibit

The exhibit, "Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special Collections," opened this week and features nearly 60 hand-wrought pieces designed by Tiffany during what the museum calls one of Tiffany's most fertile periods of artistic ingenuity. The pieces on display were made at his glasshouse in Corona, a section of Queens, between 1895 and 1920.

The decorative vases and functional vessels, including floral vases and cameo and Cypriot works, were made with Tiffany's signature Favrile glass, distinguished by its deeply toned, rich colors and often brilliant, iridescent finish. Favrile glass (the name is derived from the old English "fabrile," meaning "hand-wrought") was trademarked in 1894; it quickly became fashionable and inspired many other designers.

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