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Louis Comfort Tiffany, one of the most famous American stained glass artists remembered not
only for his windows but for decorative glass objects and Tiffany lamps.
Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon.. Tiffany wanted the glass itself to transmit texture and rich colors and he developed a type of glass he called Favrile. Some of the most significant products of Tiffany's glass manufacture are Opalescent glass , Favrile glass ,Streamer glass , Fracture glass , Fracture-streamer glass ,Ripple glass , Ring mottle glass , Drapery glass . The manufacturer's presence has extended beyond his origins to art crystal, glass figurines, glass gifts, paperweights, Decorated glass, vases, dishes, bowls, artistic glass, candlesticks, candle holders, oil lamps, decorative glass, cake plates, tumblers, glass shades, pitchers,carafes, decanters, ice buckets, bowls, gift ideas, jewelry boxes, perfume bottles,
decanters, business card holders, ring holders, cuspidors, baskets, toothpick holders, oil candles, glass pumpkins, garden floats, glass floats, ashtrays, baskets, powder jar, temple
jar, water cooler, washing pots and hand blown glass. Tiffany interest turned towards the creation of stained glass, when he opened his own studio and glass foundry because he was unable to find the types of glass that he desired in interior decoration. His inventiveness both as a designer of windows and as a producer of the material was to become renowned.