Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in
stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the
Art Nouveau and
Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included
Lockwood de Forest,
Candace Wheeler, and
Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and
lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork.