As a stained glass artisan, I look to my gardens for inspiration, as did the designers at Tiffany Studios in the late 1800's through the early 1900's. Louis Comfort Tiffany generally did not care for hybrid blossoms, but that was not the case when it came to the double (elaborate) peonies.
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| Two views of my first interpretation of Tiffany's Elaborate Peony |
It is the Tiffany reproduction designs that I most love and the elaborate peony designed by Clara Driscoll is high on my favorites list. The single peony shade of the same size and shape came into being prior to 1906 while the elaborate peony first showed up the on the 1913 price list. Because the latter design was terminated in 1920, fewer examples of the originals exist today, adding to their popularity and value.
My rare herbaceous peony 'Tinka Philips' pictured above and here was very much a part of the inspiration for the shade pictured above. Note that glass color can vary considerably depending on whether seen in reflected light or refracted light. The art glass used in this shade takes on less pink and more the colors of some of the new 'coral' peonies when lit from within. 'Tinka Philips' is an amazing peony that can grow to a height of 5', with massive blooms, under the appropriate conditions. I find it amazing that in 1950 a single root of this peony sold for half the cost of an original 'Elaborate Peony ' shade according to the shade's listing in the 1913 Tiffany Studios price list. I further find it interesting that in 2013, exactly 100 years after that price list was published, an intersectional peony such as 'Bartzella' often sells for nearly the $200 price of the Elaborate peony shade in 1913! These original Tiffany Elaborate Peonies, by the way, now sell for six figures. I am aware of an example selling $435,000 in 2009, while my interpretations are a very mere fraction of that…
The photo below is a collection of double intersectional peonies in my gardens that inspired my second elaborate peony shade which is now in my personal collection. This time, I thought in terms of a peony garden rather than a single bush.
The layout of glass process is begun below…
Following are some of the individual intersectional and tree peony blooms from my garden that inspired my use of color…
And of course, my favorite intersectional… Bartzella…
Following are photos of each of the three peony bushes that are part of this particular shade…
Take care, Larry
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