Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933

found: American ceramics, 1876 to the present, c1987:page 303 (Tiffany, Louis Comfort (1848-1933); born in New York City, son of the founders of Tiffany and Company; studied painting with George Inness, 1866; exhibited at Centennial Exposition and began to work in glass the same year 1876; 1879 founded Louis C. Tiffany & Company in New York; by mid 1880s, Tiffany was working alone; 1894 patented his famous Favrile glass and established himself as major figure of American Arts and Crafts Movement; commercial phase of Tiffany's operation began in 1902 with the formation of Tiffany Studios which continued until the crash of 1929 and went into receivership in 1932)

found: Wikipedia, October 26, 2015(Louis Comfort Tiffany; born New York City, February 18, 1848; died New York City, January 17, 1933; American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass; associated with Art Nouveau and the Aesthetic movement; designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork)