A New Home for the Tiffany "Garden Landscape" Window

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Twenty years ago, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Met, saw photographs of a three-part Tiffany window depicting a lush garden landscape and immediately fell in love with it. Alas, the window disappeared into private hands—until a few years ago when it became available once more and was enthusiastically brought into the Museum’s collection. Conceived, commissioned, and crafted by women, the window highlights the important, and often unrecognized, role played by women in the art of Louis C. Tiffany. It was designed by Agnes Northrop, one of Tiffany’s premier window designers and was commissioned by Sarah Cochran, a successful Pittsburgh businesswoman, philanthropist, and suffragist for Linden Hall, the large estate she built in Dawson, Pennsylvania, in 1912. The careful selection of the ingenious glass and the cutting into often impossible shapes of literally thousands of pieces of glass was done by Tiffany’s skilled artisans, who were also largely women. Watch as the window arrives at The Met where it is carefully studied by Frelinghuysen and Met conservator Drew Anderson before being installed in its new home in the Museum’s American Wing. Read more on Perspectives: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/tiffany-window-installation-agnes-northrop Featured Objects: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933). Designed by Agnes F. Northrop (American, 1857–1953) for Tiffany Studios (1902–32). 3-part Garden landscape window for Linden Hall, 1912. Leaded Favrile glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Alan Gerry Gift; 2023 Benefit Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; funds and gifts from various donors, by exchange; Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy; Lila Acheson Wallace, several members of The Chairman's Council, The Erving and Joyce Wolf Foundation, Martha J. Fleischman, Elizabeth J. and Paul De Rosa, Women and the Critical Eye, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr., Cheryl and Blair Effron, The Felicia Fund, Julie and James Alexandre, Elizabeth and Richard Miller, Anonymous, John and Margaret Ruttenberg, and The Derald H. Ruttenberg Foundation Gifts, 2023 (2023.319a–r) Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933). Designed by Agnes F. Northrop (American, 1857–1953) for Tiffany Studios (1902–32). Autumn Landscape, 1923-24. Leaded Favrile glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Robert W. de Forest, 1925 (25.173a–o) Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933). Designed by Agnes F. Northrop (American, 1857–1953) for Tiffany Studios (1902–32). Design for garden landscape window for Linden Hall, the residence of Sarah Cochran, Dawson, Pennsylvania, 1912. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on wove paper mounted on original grey matt board. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.229) Archival Images Courtesy of: The Pittsburgh Post, July 19, 1908 from Newspapers.com by Ancestry Private collection, courtesy Eugene Lint and Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church, Dawson, PA Private collection, courtesy Eugene Lint Linden Hall photographs courtesy of John F. Price III Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Interchange, October 1894 The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida ©The Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. Rebecca Cooney Photography Special Thanks: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, The American Wing Drew Anderson, Conservator Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A Fleischman Curator In Charge, The American Wing Lisa Pilosi, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Objects Conservation Matt Heffernan, Senior Collections Manager, The American Wing Credits: Senior Manager of Media Production: Skyla Choi Managing Producer and Editor: Ann C. Collins Director and Producer: Ann C. Collins Producer and Editor: Lucas Groth Cinematographers: Lucas Groth, Jessy Price Additional Cinematography: Caroline Berler, Malvika Dang, Jeffrey Johnson, Alex Rappoport, Scott Sinkler Production Coordinators: Aurola Wedman Alfaro, Hayley Theisen Music Composed and Produced by Mark Suozzo Opening the Window ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Blown Glass ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) The Light ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Flamboyant ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) The Coal Queen ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Northrup Photo ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Watercolors ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Tiffany Girls ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) The Assembly ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) The Courtyard - Epilogue ©2025 Mark My Music (BMI) Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art