The hand-crafted kerosene and early electric lighting fixtures created at Tiffany Studios now rank among the most coveted decorative objects in the world. Tiffany designs of any kind are emblematic of taste and craftsmanship, and Tiffany glass refers to far more than stained-glass windows and decorative glass objects. The iconic multimedia manufactory’s offerings include stained-glass floor lamps, chandeliers and enameled metal vases. The most recognizable and prized of its works are antique Tiffany Studios table lamps.
The name Tiffany generally prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany co-founded the former — Tiffany & Co., one of America’s most prominent purveyors of luxury goods — while his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
Louis was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than join the family business, 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.
In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. 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.
The lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis. However, it was actually Clara Driscoll (1861–1944), an Ohio native and head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department for 17 years, who was the genius behind the Tiffany lamps that are most avidly sought by today’s collectors. A permanent gallery of Tiffany lamps at the New-York Historical Society celebrates the anonymous women behind the desirable fixtures.
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Tall Tiffany Studios Geometric 20” Vine Border Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Shade and Library Base Table Lamp In perfect original condition which is extremely rare for a 115 yr old lamp. The glass is diachronic and lig...
Bronze
$29,975
H 56 in Dm 12.5 in
Documented Tiffany Studios #425 Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp W/Favrile Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Illuminate your space with the timeless elegance of the Signed Tiffany Studios #425 Gilt Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp, featuring a stunning Favrile Damascene shade. This exquisite American piece, circa 1910, embodies the superior craftsmanship and artistic design associated with Tiffany Studios. The true highlight is the Favrile Damascene shade, renowned for its iridescent glass that shimmers with glorious hues, transforming the light into a captivating display of color and pattern. Louis Comfort...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Tiffany Studios "Vine Border" Harp Floor Lamp features a golden and mottled green grape vines against a mottled golden geometric ground. The vine border pattern was commonly found on Greek red-figure pottery, typically on vessels meant for storing or mixing wine. On such vessels, dionysiac groups of maenads and satyrs would carry grapevine branches and thyrsi, wands wound with grape leaves, carried during festivals and religious ceremonies. Item #: L-21750 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 12" diameter, 57.5" height. Materials: Bronze, Favrile Glass Shade Signed: Tiffany Studios New York Base Signed: Tiffany Studios New York Literature: A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1988. Shade: p. 125, plate 527 ; base: p. 210, plate 820. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: As a born artist, Louis Tiffany’s love...
Bronze
$9,500
H 54.75 in W 12.75 in D 14 in
Tiffany Studios New York Gilt Bronze Harp Floor Lamp With Favrile Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period floor lamp By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside of one foot) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Gilt bronze stand, with gorge...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Geometric Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. Art nouveau classic wit Art Deco design. Attractive orange peel texture with light gilding and red coloring bronze base crowned be a conical geometric leaded and mottled glass shade. The photo with Audrey Hepburn shows a similar lamp to the one offered here. Marks to shade: TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1493 Marks to base: TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK, 532 Height: 26.5 Inches (68 cm) Diameter: 20.3 inches (51.7 cm) Condition: 2-3 hard to find tight heat cracks. Period correct sockets and paddles. Rewired. LITERATURE: Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, p. 172, fig. 695 (similar example of shade 1493) and fig. p. 120, fig. 462 (similar example of base 532). AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items are vetted and guaranteed authentic and as described. Avantiques only deals in original antiques and never reproductions. We stand behind our treasures with a full money back return policy if the items are not as described. Please also consider Avantiques eclectic Art...
Bronze
$29,000
H 58 in Dm 12 in
Tiffany Studios Bronze Harp Floor Lamp with Green Damascene Favrile Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exceptional and rare early 20th-century bronze harp floor lamp by the iconic Tiffany Studios, New York, featuring a stunning Favrile glass Damascene shade and exquisite craftsmans...
Bronze
$5,995
H 62.75 in W 12.5 in D 20.25 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Bronze Art Deco Floor Lamp With Wire Mesh Shade
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and outstanding Art Deco or Art Nouveau period bronze floor lamp By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces, Inc. New York, USA, 1920s Silver plated bronze stand, with stag figured ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Aladdin (Pompeian) Floor Lamp, circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Astoria, NY
Tiffany Studios Aladdin (Pompeian) Floor Lamp, circa 1910, patinated bronze with slag glass shade, marked "Tiffany Studios / New York / 576" to underside. 53.25" H x 21" W x 13" D. ...
Bronze
Adjustable Height Heavy Brass Tripod Base Claw Feet Antique Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Adjustable Height Heavy Brass Tripod Base Claw Feet Antique Floor Lamp Adjustable Height between 59-72"H.
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York "Spider" Leaded Glass Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Linenfold Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage original Tiffany Studios floor lamp is designed with a paneled “linenfold” gold color shade, signed Tiffany Studios, New York and numbered 1952, Patent applied for. This shade rests comfortably on a gold dore’ bronze floor base with a six light cluster & an in line floor switch. The base is stamped Tiffany Studios, New York and numbered 379. There is ONEvertical crack in one of the small horizontal segments seemn as a dark vertical line in photos 3 & 7. Height 62” Circumference 20” *** NO SHIPPING AVAILABLE. PICK UP ONLY...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios 18” “Whirling Leaf” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
An original Tiffany Studios 18” diameter geometric table lamp with a circumferential band of “whirling leaves” at its shoulder. It is signed with a small tag that reads “Tiffany Stud...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Twelve Light Lily Lamp, A marriage of Antique & Contemporary Ele
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
A beautiful combination of Antique & Contemporary Art Nouveau style lighting
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Acorn Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage genuine Tiffany Studios table lamp is circa the early 1900’s. Featured is a beautiful tranditionally designed shade with a geometric pattern accented by a acorn motif. Shade displays a wonderful veriety of green colors that range from dark to light tones creating a shade with stylish appearance that could enhance any desk. The acorn motif prominetly presents itself positioned in the bend that sorounds the shade. The shade itself nests comfortably atop a patinated bronze art nouveau lamp base...
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Herringbone (Zipper) Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
This Tiffany Studios lamp shade is referred to as a Herringbone or Zipper shade.It has a 16” diameter & is signed “Tiffany Studios, New York...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios 18" Oak Leaf and Berry Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
A Tiffany Studios 18” geometric lampshade with a wide circumferential Oak and Berry band just above the shoulder of the shade.The shade is signed "Tiffany Studios, New York” & number...
Bronze
