The 20″ Azalea is an unusual Tiffany lamp design. The shade’s modified turban shape compliments the densely rendered design. The tangle of branches provides the perfect support for the profusion of flowers, buds, and leaves. This design is also unusual in that the solder is sculpted into beads on the surface of the shade to…
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Lamp of the Week: 18 Light Lily Table Lamp
A milestone in the history of lighting design, Louis Comfort Tiffany introduced the Lily Table Lamp in the 1890’s and showed the world what could be created with an electric light bulb and some imagination. This illuminated sculpture is inspired by a cluster of water lilies, with the lustre glass flowers nodding gently above the…
Lamp of the Week: 18″ Cobweb
The 18″ Cobweb shade is one of Tiffany Studios earlier, more elaborate shade designs, with only three original examples are known to exist. The shade features flattened areas which showcase the spider’s webs, cast metal branchwork, and even a spider lying in wait. The painstaking custom glass mosaic work on the Wheat Mosaic base was…
Studio Hours This Week
Century Studios Hours This Week: Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00 am – 5:30 pm Thursday through Monday CLOSED We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday August 12
16″ Arrowhead on Mushroom Base
The newest addition to our line of stained glass shades is the 16″ Arrowhead. This shade is a Century Studios variation on the Tiffany 14″ Arrowhead shade. The original Tiffany 14″ shade design curves back under itself at the lower portion of the shade, creating a compact shade. Our 16″ Arrowhead flares straight out, giving…
Lamp of the Week: 16″ Apple Blossom
The 16″ Apple Blossom shade is an elegantly rendered Tiffany Studios pattern with a strong Japanese influence. Created in 2008, this lushly colored example features jeweled flower centers. Bill hand chipped thick pieces of amber glass until they were the size and shape needed for each center. This unusual technique, in conjunction with the rippled…
Window of the Week: Plum Blossom
The Plum Blossom window pictures a flowering branch from a plum tree in a vase. The window pictures a flowering branch from a plum tree in a vase. Three layers of plated glass were used to create the vase, and additional plating was done on the table cloth. The design on the vase was achieved…
18″ Tyler
We just completed an 18″ Tyler lamp which was commissioned by a client in New Jersey. The geometric background shifts from green at the top down to lighter tones towards the bottom of the shade. The warm amber lower border rows echo the colors of the scroll, which playfully moves across the surface of the…
Lamp of the Week: 16″ Daisy
The 16″ Daisy Shade is a Century Studios hybrid of a Tiffany Studios shade design. The shade pattern is actually the 16″ Black Eyed Susan, but for years Bill had been speculating that the pattern would look wonderful in daisy colors. In 2012 we decided to put theory into practice. While this variation is a…
18″ Oriental Poppy
The 18″ Oriental Poppy shade is a wonderfully detailed pattern featuring exotic poppies in full bloom. Commissioned by a local client, this richly colored shade showcases a variety of red and red/orange flowers against a lush backdrop of greens and blues. The background/sky is a lively mix of blues which deepens to midnight blue and…