06/18/2026
Peony season brings to mind a favorite poem by Mary Oliver.
โฆthe flowers bend their bright bodies,
and tip their fragrance to the air,
and rise,
their red stems holding
all that dampness and recklessness
gladly and lightly,
and there it is againโ
beauty the brave, the exemplary,
blazing open.
โExcerpt from "Peonies," Dream Work, 1986
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Peony Hanging Shade
Created by Tiffany Studios under the artistic direction of Louis C. Tiffany (1848โ1933)
Made in New York, sometime between 1902 and 1910
Glass, cut and assembled; bronze, cast and patinated
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Photos: David Schlegel
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