Today we took Bonnie and Steve to one of our favourite locations - the Morse Museum in Winter Park. It's main feature is the honouring of Louis Tiffany, artist, sculptor, glass blower, stained glass master and interior decorator. The man was amazing. And the Museum always has new exhibits so our visits are never boring.
I'll bore you with some pictures that were taken today.
You four heroes, a selfie in a mirror.
And our ladies.
In this picture, note the fountain outside the window and the green glass tiles in the interior floor, which would have covered water channels in his home. They went through the inside of the house and also to several water features outside.
Part of the chapel he built for the Chicago Exposition.
After the exposition, it was bought and installed in the Cathedral of John the Devine, then at Tiffany's 37,000 square foot home in Long Island, and finally after his death and years of neglect, at the Morse. That cross fixture weighs a thousand pounds.
These light fixtures are what the man was mostly remembered for...
...but he was far more than that.
A fireplace hood.
A partial reproduction of a room in his Laurelton Hall mansion. The rugs match, exactly, the stained glass pattern in the overhead light.
A true genius!
Part of the chapel he built for the Chicago Exposition.
After the exposition, it was bought and installed in the Cathedral of John the Devine, then at Tiffany's 37,000 square foot home in Long Island, and finally after his death and years of neglect, at the Morse. That cross fixture weighs a thousand pounds.
And, his final work, The Tree Of Life, which took three years to complete.
A true genius!
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Tomorrow we plan to visit Downtown Disney.
Stay well.
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