The New-York historical society’s new Center for Women’s History, located on the recently renovated fourth floor of its Beaux-Arts granite building (circa 1908 and ’38) on Central Park West, is said to be the first of its kind in the United States. At its heart, a permanent exhibition of Tiffany lamps is a revelation, not only for the breadth of the collection and the fact that many of its 100 leaded-glass fixtures—in particular those with nature-themed motifs—were designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany–protégé Clara Driscoll and fabricated by women at his studio, but also for the luminous setting in which these works are showcased.
Created by London-based Czech architect Eva Jiřičná, with PBDW Architects and dpa lighting consultants, the 4,800-square-foot, bi-level Gallery of Tiffany Lamps is like a jewel box, lined with a deep, lapis-blue vaulted ceiling made of glass fiber reinforced gypsum and decorative metal wall panels, grounded by black rubber floors. Perforated convex screens, also blue, conceal ductwork below the ceiling.
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