1848-1933. US artist and glassmaker, son of
Charles Louis Tiffany, who founded Tiffany
and Company, the New York City jewellers. He
produced stained-glass windows, iridescent
Favrile (from Latin faber `craftsman') glass,
and lampshades in the Art Nouveau style. He
used glass that contained oxides of iron and
other elements to produce rich colours. In
1881 he founded his own decorating firm. By
1893, he began producing his glass art
objects, which remained popular through the
1920s and enjoyed a resurgence of popularity
from the 1950s on.