Gallery

Title
Four Seasons Under the Sea
Location
The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Creator
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co.
Creation Date
1892-1902
Restoration Date
2008
URL
http://dallasmuseumofart.org/
Description
Window with Starfish (“Spring”) and Window with Sea Anemone (“Summer”) from the suite “Four Seasons Under the Sea” by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

These two windows which are from a set of four transfer the theme “The Four Seasons” to the underwater realm of the Sea. Each panel is so divided as to represent in the upper section the sky and water’s surface. Below a band of glass indicating a seawall and sandbar with shells, the viewer encounters starfish, urchins, and jellyfish as we plunge the depths of the water. The heavy use of rippled glass in plated layers quite convincingly affects the sea and its inhabitants.