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1747

1747

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Connecticut grants the exclusive right to make glass for the colony to Thomas Darling (1720-89), according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company), 1896 & 1898.

1754

1754

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Glass bottles made in Brooklyn, New York, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1760

1760

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Joseph Strasser, an 18th-century German jeweler, invents the technique for making artificial glass paste jewels, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."
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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1777

February 14, 1777

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Comfort Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tiffany's grandfather, is born in a farmhouse in Attleboro, Massachusetts. He dies December 22, 1843.

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George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

“A Daily Lesson in History,” Boston Daily Globe, September 15, 1910, 13.

“Comfort Tiffany,” Find A Grave, accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=8&GScntry=4&GSsr=641&GRid=53971228&.

1785

1785

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Robert Hewes (1751-1830) of Boston, Massachusetts, makes window glass, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1787

1787

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A glass works is established on Essex Street, Boston, Massachusetts, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1807

1807

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Comfort Tiffany (1777-1843), a textile manufacturer, moves homestead from Attleboro, Massachusetts, to Danielsonville, Connecticut; co-founds Danielson Manufacturing Company, the state’s first cotton mill, on the Quinebaug River.
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George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 54.

Alfred M. Bingham, The Tiffany Fortune and Other Chronicles of a Connecticut Family (Chestnut Hill, MA: Abeel & Leet, 1996), 122.

1808

1808

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Window glass is made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1812

February 15, 1812

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Charles Lewis Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tiffany's father, born to Comfort Tiffany (1777-1843) and Chloe Draper Tiffany (1781-1852) in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut; dies February 18, 1902.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 54.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

1820

1820 – 1832

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Germany, France, and England see revivals of the manufacture of colored glass windows, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."
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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1825

1825

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A flint-glass manufactory is established in Sandwich, Massachusetts, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making."
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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896 & 1898).

1827

1827

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Comfort Tiffany (1777-1843) sells his stake in Danielson Manufacturing Company on the Quinebaug River in Brooklyn, Connecticut, and opens his own cotton mill, the Brooklyn Manufacturing Company, also on the river. He opens a country store to serve the needs of his workers.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 54.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

Alfred M. Bingham, The Tiffany Fortune and Other Chronicles of a Connecticut Family (Chestnut Hill, MA: Abeel & Leet, 1996), 122.

1828

1828

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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) attends Plainfield Academy, a private secondary school in Plainfield, Connecticut, about ten miles from his home in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 55.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

1833

1833 – 1836

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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) studies at the Brooklyn Academy in Connecticut.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Business, Men of Achievement (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 56.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

1833 – 1836

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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) intermittently works at his father's country store in Brooklyn, Connecticut, paying mill workers in merchandise. The store is eventually renamed C. Tiffany & Son when Charles Lewis Tiffany leaves school to work for the family business.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 56.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

Alfred M. Bingham, The Tiffany Fortune and Other Chronicles of a Connecticut Family (Chestnut Hill, MA: Abeel & Leet, 1996), 122.

1837

May 1837 – August 1866

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Historical note: The financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 begins.

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George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

“Panic of 1837,” The Library of Congress, accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/buren/aa_buren_panic_1.html.

June 1837 – August 1866

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John Burnett Young (1815-1859), son of a mill owner in Danielson, Connecticut, and a neighbor and former classmate of Charles Lewis Tiffany's (1812-1902), leaves for New York City to work for a stationery and fancy goods store. Charles Lewis Tiffany eventually joins him.

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William O. Stoddard, Men of Achievement: Men of Business (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 56.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16.

September 18, 1837

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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) and John Burnett Young (1815-1859) hold the grand opening of Tiffany & Young at 259 Broadway (at Warren Street) in New York City to sell fancy dry goods. Each receives $100 from their fathers for the venture.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Business, Men of Achievement (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 58-59.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 16-17.

“A Daily Lesson in History,” Boston Daily Globe, September 15, 1910, 13.

Alfred M. Bingham, The Tiffany Fortune and Other Chronicles of a Connecticut Family (Chestnut Hill, MA: Abeel & Leet, 1996).

1838

1838

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Glass making is revived in Venice, Italy, according to Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Brief Chronology of the Art of Glass Making".

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Tiffany Favrile Glass Made Under the Supervision of Mr. Louis C. Tiffany Tiffany Studios (New York: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, 1896,1898).

1840

January 1, 1840

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Tiffany & Young (1837-41) is robbed of $4,000 worth of merchandise and reimbursed by the insurance company. The cash the company had made during the busy holiday season was safe since it had been taken home.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Business, Men of Achievement (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 61.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 17.

1841

1841

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Charles Lewis Tiffany's (1812-1902) first cousin Jabez Lewis Ellis (1810-88) joins the company as a partner. The company is now called Tiffany, Young & Ellis (1841-53). The store, located at 259-260 Broadway, New York City, is expanded to include forty-five feet of frontage on Broadway.
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William O. Stoddard, Men of Business, Men of Achievement (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893), 61.

George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 17.

“A Daily Lesson in History,” Boston Daily Globe, September 15, 1910, 13.

Alfred M. Bingham, The Tiffany Fortune and Other Chronicles of a Connecticut Family (Chestnut Hill, MA: Abeel & Leet, 1996), 122.

Clare Phillips, ed., Bejewelled by Tiffany: 1837-1987 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006), 296.

November 30, 1841

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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) marries Harriet Olivia Avery Young (1817-97), daughter of Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), representative to Congress from Connecticut and sister of Charles' business partner, John Burnett Young (1815-59). They live at 124 Chambers Street, New York City.

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George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 17.

“Mrs. A.O.T. Mitchell, Philanthropist, Dies,” New York Times, January 3, 1937, 50.

Joseph Purtell, The Tiffany Touch (New York: Pocket Books, 1973), 19.

December 27, 1841

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Tiffany, Young & Ellis (1841-53) publicizes holiday gifts in a notice in the Brooklyn Eagle on this day and others. The article begins as follows: “One of their firm having spent the past season in Europe, Tiffany, Young & Ellis, 259 Broadway, opposite City Hall, are enabled to announce to their friends and purchasers generally that their stock embraces the largest and most varied collection of rare, elegant and useful articles suitable for Holyday [sic] gifts, ever imported by them or any other firm in the city -– all of which are offered by wholesale or retail, at very moderate prices. In the assortment will be found the usual variety of dressing cases, toilet boxes, desks, papeteries, work boxes, jewel, hdkf, shawl odeour and glove boxes, & c., together with many new and original styles, made to order for our own sales, and not obtainable elsewhere –- some of which are peculiarly beautiful...”

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“Novelties for the Holydays,” Brooklyn Eagle, December 27, 1841.

1842

October 7, 1842

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Charles L. Tiffany Jr., Louis Comfort Tiffany’s brother, is born in New York City to Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902) and Harriet Olivia Avery Young Tiffany (1817-97.) He dies March 3, 1847.

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George Frederick Heydt, “Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany & Co.,” The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (February 7, 1894), 17.

Joseph Purtell, The Tiffany Touch (New York: Pocket Books, 1973), 29.

“Charles L. Tiffany,” Find A Grave, accessed July 16, 2013, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TIF&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=121&GRid=57430739&.