Louis Comfort Tiffany And The Art Of Devotion focuses on the vast assortment of church decorations and memorials produced by Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) and the Tiffany Studios. For over half a century, Tiffany oversaw the production and marketing of a multitude of decorative elements for many of America's leading congregations ? Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. Although an important part of the ecclesiastical business consisted of the vibrantly coloured lead-glass windows most famously associated with his name, Tiffany was interested in the bigger picture and employed designers, draftsmen, and craftspeople to produce a complete interior design including mosaics, windows, floors, lighting, furniture, altarpieces, pulpits, candlesticks, headstones and mausolea, vestments and jewellery. Works in all media including marble, glass, wood, metal and fabric, could be bought ?off the shelf? or as special commissions designed for a particular patron. This beautifully illustrated volume includes preliminary designs, cartoons, watercolour sketches and archival photographs of these windows, interiors and pieces of ecclesiastic furniture, many never published before. Many of these are the only surviving remnants of buildings which have since been demolished. The authors consider the reasons for the success of the Tiffany Studios' Ecclesiastical Department: Tiffany's skilful advertising, the quality and variety of the Studios' work and the boom in church building in the U.S. in the late nineteenth century. Tiffany promoted his designs to the public and potential clients through a variety of marketing techniques ? showroom displays, sales catalogues, press releases, luxurious illustrated pamphlets, and installations made for national and international expositions. He was so successful that high-quality church and memorial designs became synonymous with the Tiffany Studios brand. ILLUSTRATIONS: 125 colour *
