Above Image: Tiffany Gallery at Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows at Navy Pier, Chicago

The name of Louis Comfort Tiffany is associated with many arts like mosaics,  ceramics, vases, enamels, jewelry and stained glass. Of these, his most celebrated artistic endeavor was stained glass, and it brought him the greatest recognition.

 Above Image:  Tiffany Dome at Macy's [At State Street, Chicago]

Chicago Art Glass

The recent installation at Macy's Pedway of American Stained Glass Windows, click here..

prompted me to compile the beautiful stained glass works that can be seen in Chicago. 

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Above Image: Curator Rolf Achilles at Macy's pedway [American Victorian Stained Glass Window installations]

The recently installed 22 American Victorian Stained Glass Windows at Macy's pedway, literally brings high class art at people's footsteps. It's uplifting to see such aesthetically pleasing beauty at a public space,  and it most certainly confirms my website tagline: Chicago, where...

Above Image: Macy's Pedway with Installation of American Victorian Stained Glass Windows.

The Art of American Victorian Stained Glass Windows

Location: Macy's Pedway

Installed: December, 2013.

Opening Reception: Dec 9, 2013... click here..

This pioneering Exhibit is presented by Macy’s in cooperation with the Smith Museum of...

Above Image:  Girl with Cherry Blossoms - by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company

[Driehaus Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago]

“Color is to the eye what music is to the ear.” [ - Louis Comfort Tiffany]

Louis Comfort Tiffany [1848-1933] helped revolutionize the technology of stained glass making.  Tiffany was not...

The Richard H. Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass

Opened: 2001

Location: Navy Pier, Chicago

The Richard H. Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass is dedicated to the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and to the artists and craftsmen who worked to create these masterpieces of design, color and texture. The gallery contain windows made by Tiffany...

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

Opened: 2000

Location: Navy Pier, Chicago.

The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is the only museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to stained glass windows. The museum is a millennium gift to the people of Chicago from Maureen and Edward Byron Smith, Jr., and their sons Edward...

Tiffany Galleries at the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, at Navy Pier, Chicago.

 A hidden jewel of Chicago: the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows.  Located at Navy Pier, Smith Museum is the first [and perhaps the only] museum dedicated to stained glass windows.  In a 800-foot long stretch we can see about 150 stained glass windows at display. The themes are secular and religious, Victorian,...