Louis Comfort Tiffany scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Artisans -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The scrapbook was lent for microfilming in 1988 by Henry Platt, great-grandson of Tiffany, and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933
setName: label: See more items in
content: Louis Comfort Tiffany scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Louis Comfort Tiffany scrapbook dates from 1902 to 1918. Compiled by an employee of the firm in 1919 the scrapbook was given to Tiffany as a gesture of affection. Containing newspaper and periodical clippings, photographs, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and invitations, the scrapbook focuses on Tiffany's career, family, homes, and social life.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was a painter and craftsman in New York City and Oyster Bay, New York. The son of the founder of Tiffany and Company jewelry firm, he served as vice president and director. Additionally, he was president and art director of Tiffany Studios, which produced the Tiffany Favrile glass that he originated. In 1918 he established the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation for art students at Oyster Bay Long Island.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tiffloui
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 4022 and was returned to Henry Platt after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 4022. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Henry B. Platt, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Louis Comfort Tiffany scrapbook dates from 1902 to 1918. Compiled by an employee of the firm in 1919 the scrapbook was given to Tiffany as a gesture of affection. Containing newspaper and periodical clippings, photographs, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and invitations, the scrapbook focuses on Tiffany's career, family, homes, and social life.