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                                        The Peacock Room: A Tale of Two Tiffanys (#1 in a series)
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                                        Wednesday, December 9, 2009. A Tale of Two Tiffanys (#1 in a series). There are names familiar to every collector and scholar of 19th century decorative arts, for example, Herter Brothers, Pottier and Stymus, Candace Wheeler, and John LaFarge. There is, however, but one name familiar at a popular culture level: Tiffany. Two men with the name "Tiffany" worked as decorators in the last quarter of the 19th century: Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Joseph Burr Tiffany. The career and life of Louis Comfort Tiffany. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Bethany the Librarian: July 2008
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                                        Thursday, July 31, 2008. The saddest thing I could think of. A library in Maine was hit by lightening and burned to the ground. The entire collection of books and local history materials were destroyed. Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Man Booker Prize 2008! The longlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize:. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. From A to X by John Berger. The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: The Other Tiffany (#2 in a series)
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                                        Thursday, December 10, 2009. The Other Tiffany (#2 in a series). Joseph Burr Tiffany was born on February 13, 1856 in Hudson, NY; his parents were Amanda Cuyler Stoutenburgh, and Joseph Capron Tiffany. He was the youngest of three sons. Little is known of his early life, save that part of it was spent in Norfolk, VA, where his father was "actively engaged in the lumber trade.". He had, it seems, decided instead to pursue a career in the applied arts. Had this to say:. Despite this glowing endorsement and...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: November 2008
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                                        Saturday, November 8, 2008. While much information can be gleaned from books and magazines, both modern and "of the period," experiencing actual interiors is invaluable. Admittedly, museum houses and period rooms are static, sometimes artificial in their arrangement, and often devoid of natural light, but photographs, drawings and words, for their part, cannot wholly impart scale, texture, or color relationships. Some extant Aesthetic Style interiors include the John Bond Trevor Mansion, " G. From the Jo...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: August 2008
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                                        Thursday, August 28, 2008. Some thoughts on Aesthetic Curtains. Some information on window hangings, in response to a question on the message board at. And cross-posted there. -TPR). My profile quote here at The Peacock Room is by William Morris. Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful;". Now, observe how we have burlesqued this simple and picturesque contrivance in our modern houses. The useful and convenient little rod has grown into a huge lumbering. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: Joseph Burr Tiffany, International Man of Mystery (#3 in a series)
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                                        Sunday, December 13, 2009. Joseph Burr Tiffany, International Man of Mystery (#3 in a series). The record is silent regarding the whereabouts and doings of Joseph Burr Tiffany from late 1884 until mid-1886, when he is once again listed in a New York City directory. Can anything be gleaned from what was written about Tiffany later in his life? A pair of profiles of Tiffany which appeared in 1912 are noticeably consistent in the details they offer:. Subsequent to his return to America Mr. Tiffany took ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: May 2008
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                                        Saturday, May 31, 2008. Putting the pieces together. The June '08 issue of The Magazine Antiques. Is the "England" issue, with four (! Feature articles concerning the Victorian era. The first focuses on one of A.W.N. Pugin's church interiors, the second, on a chandelier designed by W.A.S. Benson and the third is a one-pager on the pair of Godwin vases recently acquired by the V&A. Website hasn't been updated to show it yet) is an ebonized table with four drop leaves (leafs? Herter Brothers (American, 186...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: December 2009
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                                        Sunday, December 13, 2009. Joseph Burr Tiffany, International Man of Mystery (#3 in a series). The record is silent regarding the whereabouts and doings of Joseph Burr Tiffany from late 1884 until mid-1886, when he is once again listed in a New York City directory. Can anything be gleaned from what was written about Tiffany later in his life? A pair of profiles of Tiffany which appeared in 1912 are noticeably consistent in the details they offer:. Subsequent to his return to America Mr. Tiffany took ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Peacock Room: Portière with Border in Renaissance Embroidery (1880)
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                                        Saturday, November 21, 2009. Portière with Border in Renaissance Embroidery (1880). From the October 9, 1880 edition of Harper's Bazaar. Posted by The Peacock Room. Mark Alden Lukas said. Have you viewed the drapery archive at the Philadelphia Atheneum? December 2, 2009 at 5:05 PM. No, that isnt an opportunity Ive had yet. We did spend a day there examining wallpaper, and will be returning to study more of that collection; perhaps Ill be able to see some of the drapery material on one of those trips.