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Brooklyn High School Home to 'Gold Standard' Stained Glass Window Created by Renowned Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany In the corner of the rooms, just above the school's entrance, sits a stained-glass window by renowned artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose masterpieces of picturesque landscapes have been featured in galleries, museums http://www.cheapjewelrysale.us and the private homes of art aficionados around the world for more than a century. "Tiffany is the gold standard in stained-glass making," said Arlie Sulka, a Tiffany expert at the Lillian Nassau Gallery in New York City. "Everyone else that follows just aspires to be as good as Tiffany." "Nothing brings the kind of money that a See More Tiffany window brings. It's the top of the line," Sulka said. "It's the glass, the design, the intricacy, the technique." In December, a floral-design window was sold to an American private collector on the phone for nearly $1 million. Before that, it was in the front parlor of the former Darius Goff House in Rhode Island, which has since been converted into Tiffany Key Rings a nursing home. But you would not normally see such an expensive work of art displayed in a public school today. The window, which was paid for by faculty, students and alumni, commemorates the school's first principal, Dr. Walter B. Gunnison, who served Tiffany Earrings Sale from 1886 to 1916. The piece, which was displayed in the book "Public Art for Public Schools," features a female figure draped in golden robes, standing before what is described as the "Throne of Knowledge" between two pillars. It was originally installed in 1919 in the school's library, which was over time divided into two classrooms for additional space. Today, the window is protected behind Plexiglas and sits above a closet, in the corner of the divided classroom. A small plaque hangs below it, bearing the famous name of its creator. The New York public school system houses more than 1,500 pieces in its art collection. However, the New York Department of Education says it has not appraised any of its pieces because they are not intended for sale. This window is no exception.