Masterpieces by Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co | Tiffany Glass Lamps & Windows at Sotheby's

Ferneries, as they were called at the time, were popular in the early part of the 20 century and Tiffany Studios made several models to meet the demand. The company frequently featured them in advertising, placed in periodicals such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, as suggested wedding or Christmas gifts. The “Arrowhead” model, with a design also based on an aquatic flower, includes mosaic passages and fully displays the finest characteristics of the firm’s work in this field. Tiffany began utilizing mosaics as early 1881 in the decorating of the Seventh Regiment Armory and the Church of the Divine Paternity, both in New York City. It was not until 1893 with the manufacturing of Favrile glass, however, that his company began producing the mosaics for which they received international recognition.