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Lilies (Corey Memorial Window)

A work made of leaded favrile glass.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of leaded favrile glass.

Date:

1892–95

Artist:

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1894–1902)
Corona, New York

About this artwork

This memorial window, dedicated to Francis Edwin Corey and his wife, Vernera Leonard Corey, is one of several that Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company designed for Christ Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago. Tiffany used lilies in his stained glass a number of times; the Coreys may have been inspired to commission this design by the well-publicized Field of Lilies Window in Tiffany’s chapel at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Lilies were also considered appropriate for commemorative works, since they symbolized resurrection. When Christ Reformed Episcopal Church was demolished in 1962, the Tiffany windows were moved to St. Andrew Reformed Episcopal Church in Tinley Park, Illinois. The two parts of the Corey Memorial Window are now displayed on either side of this wall.

Status

On View, Gallery 179

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Title

Lilies (Corey Memorial Window)

Place

Corona (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1892–1895

Medium

Leaded Favrile glass

Dimensions

414 × 82.6 cm (163 × 32 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of St. Andrew Reformed Episcopal Church

Reference Number

2008.64

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