Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)
Object Number:
1948.393
Date:
1840
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 3/4 x 25 in. ( 75.6 x 63.5 cm )
Frame: 32 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (83.2 x 70.5 cm)
Gallery Label:
In 1837 Charles L. Tiffany and his friend John B. Young opened a notions store near New York City Hall. Their business prospered and developed until, in 1853, the firm became Tiffany and Company. Tiffany was a founder of the New York Society of Fine Arts, a patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, and a member of The New-York Historical Society. Charles L. Tiffany was the father of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), the artist and glassmaker.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Comfort Tiffany Gilder
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
