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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Arne Bang Ceramic Table Lamp With Shade By Le Klint C. 1940s
Located in Norwalk, CT
This charming ceramic table lamp was designed by Danish ceramist Arne Bang (1901-1983), likely during the 1940s. This particular model has been marked as #178, as noted by the markin...
Ceramic
Niels Rasmussen For Fog & Morup "Kongelys" Table Lamp
By Niels Rasmussen Thykier, Fog and Morup
Located in Norwalk, CT
This attractive table lamp was designed by Niels Rasmussen Thykier and first produced in the 1930s. Manufactured in Denmark, this lamp is a testament to mid-century design that was s...
Brass, Copper
Viktra Danish Brass & Glass Pendant Light C.1960's
By Vitrika
Located in Norwalk, CT
This ceiling light is the epitome of Danish lighting design. This piece was crafted sometime in the 1960's and is iconic for the time period. Combining the craftmanship of Danish gla...
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Brass & Aluminum Hourglass Table Lamps
Located in Norwalk, CT
(2) exceptional mid-century mixed metal table lamps. Apparently unsigned.
Aluminum, Brass
Hollywood Regency Lucite and Glass Desk Circa 1930's
Located in Norwalk, CT
This elegant coffee table brings one back to the golden era of Hollywood style in the early 20th century. Crafted from beautifully crafted lucite, this glass top table exudes class a...
Brass
Early 20th Century, Mahogany & Brass Bank Table
Located in Norwalk, CT
Large scale bank counter from the storied Union and New Haven Trust Building, designed by Cross & Cross and opened in 1927. Features a solid mahogany fram...
Brass
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 16" Acorn Leaded Glass Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Toledo, OH
Beautiful leaded glass lamp from Tiffany Studios, circa 1910. The 16" shade features mottled green glass with gold acorn accents (this motif is also referred to as a vine pattern). T...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Table Lamp. A beautiful Tiffany Studios ensemble with a rare and early patinated bronze base with original Bryant socket...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat cap. Original socket and paddle switch. A rare and fabulous table lamp. New York c. 1910 patinated bronze, Favrile glass Height: 20 Inches (51 cm) Diameter: 7 Inches (18 cm) Impressed to base 'TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK'. Etched to inner top aperture 'L.C.T. Favrile'. Provenance: Private Collection, New York Literature: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Alastair Duncan, pg. 90 illustrates base and shade 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. Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Clara Driscoll, Agnes F. Northrop and Frederick Wilson. In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon. In his own words, the "Rich tones are due in part to the use of pot metal full of impurities, and in part to the uneven thickness of the glass, but still more because the glass maker of that day abstained from the use of paint". Tiffany was an interior designer, and in 1878 his interest turned toward the creation of stained glass, when he opened his own studio and glass foundry because he was unable to find the types of glass that he desired in interior decoration. His inventiveness both as a designer of windows and as a producer of the material with which to create them was to become renowned. Tiffany wanted the glass itself to transmit texture and rich colors and he developed a type of glass he called "Favrile". The glass was manufactured at the Tiffany factory...
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
Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York Tyler Leaded Glass and Patinated bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Art Nouveau. A very special lamp with a geometric monochromatic deep green art glass surround...
Bronze
