Louis Comfort Tiffany was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Beyond glass, he worked in mediums that ranged from furniture and enameling to ceramics and metalware, with his Tiffany Studios producing highly collectible table lamps, vases, serveware and other objects.
The name Tiffany prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. Charles Lewis Tiffany founded the former, and his son, Louis, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
By the time Louis Comfort Tiffany was born, the stationery and “fancy goods” emporium his father had established 11 years before had grown to become the most fashionable jewelry and luxury items store in New York. Tiffany fils declined to join the family business and pursued a career as an artist. He studied painting with several teachers, notably the scenic painter Samuel Colman, while spending long periods touring Europe and North Africa. Though he painted his entire career, visits to continental churches sparked a passionate interest in stained glass. Tiffany began experimenting with the material and in 1875 opened a glass factory-cum-laboratory in Corona, Queens — the core of what eventually became Tiffany Studios, a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory.
Tiffany developed a method in which colors were blended together in the molten state. Recalling the Old English word fabrile, meaning “hand-wrought,” he named the blown glass Favrile, a term that signified handmade glass of unique quality. In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. The pieces won Tiffany international fame. (Siegfried Bing, the Paris entrepreneur whose design store, L’Art Nouveau, gave the stylistic movement its name, was the leading European importer of Tiffany pieces.)
By 1902, along with glass, Tiffany was designing stained-glass lamps and chandeliers as well as enameled metal vases, boxes and bowls, and items such as desk sets and candlesticks. Today such pieces epitomize the rich aesthetics of their era.
Antique Tiffany Studios table lamps are the most recognizable and the most prized. They range in price from $60,000 to upward of $2 million for intricate shade designs like the Dragonfly. Tiffany glass vases and bowls are generally priced from $1,000 to $30,000 depending on size, color, condition and form. Simpler accessories such as metal trays and small picture frames can fetch from $800 to $3,000. Tiffany design of any type is an emblem of taste and craftsmanship. As you will see on 1stDibs, Louis Comfort Tiffany ensured that each piece he and his company produced, magnificent or modest, was a work of art.
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H 12 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Original Signed L.C. Tiffany, Favrile 6292 Trumpet Vase Mid 20th Century
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Stamford, CT
Original signed Louis Comfort Tiffany Trumpet vase 6292 art glass vase in great condition mid 20th century. This is a gorgeous Art Nouveau L.C. Ti...
Art Glass
Tiffany Favrile Glass Tulip Form Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A colorful iridescent favrile glass vase in beautiful tulip form by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Signed on the base. This LC Tiffany Favrile vase has a timeless design and coordinates well...
Glass
Tiffany Studios Iridescent Gold Favrile Glass and Bronze Base Trumpet Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exceptional early 20th century American vase by Tiffany Studios, circa 1920, featuring a trumpet-shaped hand-blown Favrile glass top mounted on a patinated gilt bronze base. Favri...
Bronze
$5,200 / item
H 14 in Dm 3 in
20th Century L.C. Tiffany Favrile Glass and Gilt Bronze Trumpet Vase, No. 1043
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A distinguished early 20th century American vase by Tiffany Studios, circa 1920, featuring a slender trumpet-form hand-blown Favrile glass top mounted on a patinated gilt bronze hold...
Bronze
L.C. Tiffany Favrile Glass and Gilt Bronze Trumpet Vase, No. 1043
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning Tiffany Studios New York Favrile glass vase, exhibiting a graceful trumpet form with a beautifully executed pulled feather design in shimmering tones of gold, green, and s...
Bronze
$2,800
H 12 in Dm 4.5 in
20th Century Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Blown Glass Flower-Form Footed Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Tiffany Studios gold Favrile blown glass flower-form footed vase, dating to circa 1910–1915. The vase is formed with a gracefully ribbed trumpet-shaped body that flares gently at the...
Glass, Art Glass
Tiffany Studios New York "Calyx" Flower Form Favrile Glass Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This Favrile glass flower form vase, by Tiffany Studios New York, is meant to suggest the calyx forms, open or closed, of crocus or tulip flowers. This richly-hued orange-yellow vase is tall and slender and colored with exquisite green and white effects. Here, the Favrile glass flower is waiting to gently blossom. Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 19.5" height, 3.75" diameter Materials: Favrile glass Signed: "L. C. Tiffany-Favrile T684" Literature: Similar flower form vase pictured in The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, by Paul E. Doros, Richmond, VA: W. M. Brown & son, Inc., 1978, p. 38, cat. no. 41; Similar flower form vase also pictured in The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany...
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Floriform Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning gold iridescent favorite Floriform vase by Tiffany Studios. Louis C. Tiffany produced blown glass, named "Favorite", between 1892 and 1928.Th...
Glass
Very Fine Tiffany, Favrile Glass Floriform Vase Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany Studios circa 1897-1899 A very fine Tiffany, Favrile glass Floriform vase, of iridescent pale amber glass decorated with feathered trails. En...
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Floriform Pedestal Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This elegant iridescent gold Favrile art glass vase was made by Tiffany Studios operating under the direction of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany Favrile Glass was first offered to the public in 1893 and this hand-blown piece dates to the mid-to-late 1920s. The vase has a warm golden glow and was crafted with a wide domed pedestal base that gives way to a ribbed body. The body flares slightly as it rises and transitions dramatically to a wide shallow neck that terminates in a scalloped-edge rim. As seen in the accompanying photographs, the well-balanced piece is nicely proportioned and displays beautifully. The vase stands 8.375" as measured to its tallest point and is 3.75" across the rim. The foot is 4" from edge to edge. The piece is free of chips and cracks and is presented in original condition with no restoration or repair. The underside bears a typical Tiffany Studios late production compound number signature reading L. C. Tiffany Inc. - Favrile and includes shape number 1548 followed by serial number 3164 N. This LC Tiffany Favrile vase...
Art Glass
Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Trumpet Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile trumpet vase, 1908 Marks: 32565C L.C. Tiffany-Favrile, (applied paper label) Dimensions: Height: 16.5 inches (41....
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Favrile Glass and Bronze Trumpett Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Favrile Iridescent and Bronze Trumpet vase USA, New York. circa. 1920 Hand-blown Favrile glass, patinated bronze Height: 14.75 Inches X 6.5 Inch Diameter (37 × 17 cm...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Trumpet Vase With Enameled Gilt Bronze Base
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Trumpet Vase With Enameled Bronze Base A large, magnificent and rare vase with enameling that is to die for. A great statement piece for Tiffany Studios showcasing bo...
Bronze, Enamel
Tiffany Studios Pulled Feather Trumpet Vase With Gilt Bronze Base
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Pulled-feather vase with mount A beautiful Pulled feather favrile glass trumpet with my favorite pink orange highlights. One of Tiffany’s iconic designs. USA, New Yor...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Rare Iridescent Favrile Large Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios by Louis Comfort Tiffany Large Red and Gold Iridescent Floriform Glass Vase. This is a rare form and red color that will be a must addition to the discerning Tiffany ...
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany L.C.T. Favrile Decorated Cup
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful L.C.T. gold Favrile champagne or sorbet glass cup with engraved grape clusters and wine leaves. Engraved signature: “L.C.T. Favrile” Measures: Height 3.4 Inches, diamet...
Art Glass
