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14″ Daffodil

14″ Daffodil

This bright and cheery 14″ Daffodil lamp was commissioned by a couple in Texas. The colors for the shade evoke a crisp spring day with fresh greens and yellows against an azure blue sky. The shade is shown on the Penguin Foot base.

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Lamp of the Week: 10″ Acorn

Lamp of the Week: 10″ Acorn

Tiffany Studios’ Acorn design (originally called a Vine Border) appears in a variety of sizes. At Century Studios, we recreate Acorn shades in the 10″, 12″, 14″ 16″, and 20″ sizes. The 10″ Acorn shade, shown here on the delicate Queen Anne’s Lace base, works well as a small accent lamp in any interior. We…

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20″ Azalea

20″ Azalea

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

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…

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Lamp of the Week: 18″ Cobweb

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…

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16″ Arrowhead on Mushroom Base

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…

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Lamp of the Week: 16″ Apple Blossom

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…

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Window of the Week: Plum Blossom

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…

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18″ Tyler

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…

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