"The magnificent triple window by Louis Comfort Tiffany studio of a lush garden landscape, acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in late 2023 has been installed in the museum's American Wing. The window was designed by Agnes Northrop, one of Tiffany's premier designers and a pioneer in the landscape style of art glass windows. Northrop and the studio's workshop of largely female glass cutters known as the Tiffany Girls selected, made, cut and composed thousands of pieces of glass,"
"It was commissioned by coal queen Sarah Cochran for Linden Hall, the grand estate she had built in Dawson, Pennsylvania, in 1912. Inspired by Linden Hall's actual garden, the landscape window depicts a beautiful walled garden full of flowers hydrangeas, poppies, nasturtiums, foxglove, peonies, hollyhocks with an elegant fountain in the middle ground against a backdrop of pines and mountains in the distant background."
Louis Comfort Tiffany studio's triple landscape window, designed by Agnes Northrop, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in late 2023 and installed in the American Wing. Northrop and a largely female workshop known as the Tiffany Girls selected, cut, and composed thousands of glass pieces to depict a lush walled garden inspired by Linden Hall’s actual grounds. The window features hydrangeas, poppies, nasturtiums, foxglove, peonies, hollyhocks, an elegant fountain, and distant pines and mountains. Conservators demonstrated delicate repairs and revealed the window's unusual construction with minimal solder and ultra-thin backing glass. The work is installed in the Charles Engelhard Court near Laurelton Hall-designed loggia columns.
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