Tiffany glass [SEP] named after
Tiffany glass
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Frederick Wilson and Clara Driscoll.
In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be
, including the Tiffany stained glass window which was later restored and displayed in the renovated Skillman Library. A basement was dug out under the foundation, and the entire wooden interior replaced with concrete offices and classrooms. The exterior was sandblasted, the roof completely removed and rebuilt, though after construction it looked largely like its former self.
Academic buildings Simon Center for Economics & Business.
The Simon Center is the college's home to the economics department. It is named after former United States Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon