This week, the popular PBS show Antiques Roadshow featured a 20″ Acorn shade. As appraiser Arlie Sulka stated, these shades were originally called Vine Border designs. The large size of the 20″ Acorn allows for many applications as a table lamp, floor lamp or chandelier fixture. Shown on the Twisted Vine base, we created this…
We created this 16″ Peacock shade for our showroom. The rich coloration of the shade starts with a deep cobalt blue at the top and progresses through a variety of lush color tones. All the glass in this shade was created by the Lins Glass Foundry in the mid – 1990’s. This piece is currently…
CENTURY STUDIOS LIMITED EDITION DRAGONFLY VASE #16PRE-ORDER PRICE $188.00 Century Studios is pleased to announce the next in our exclusive series of limited edition dragonfly pots, created annually by Ephraim Faience Pottery. This vase is the 16th in our ongoing series, and is approximately 4.5” tall and 6.5” wide. The vase is glazed in Cranberry,…
New to the showroom this week is this 14″ Chestnut shade. This is a Century Studios original shade design. The background/sky portion of the shade was selected from an early piece of Lins glass. The blue is mixed with white and cherry red, creating a vibrant background for the delicate flowers and large leaves. The…
Geometric lamps fit into any decor and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This 20″ Geometric Cone was commissioned in 2010. The client requested a warm, golden amber tone for the shade. The shade is shown on the versatile Ribbed base.
A local client commissioned this Chickadee window to grace their St. Paul home. The fracture/streamer background glass gives the window added movement and visual interest.
Commissioned by a client in Iowa, this Mermaid with Nautilus lamp is an unusual Tiffany Studios lamp design. The highly detailed bronze casting is created at our studio and shows a dolphin-tailed mermaid with flowing hair rising above the wildly churning water. The stained glass nautilus shell she holds aloft is lit from within, providing…
The 25″ Roman shade has an unusual shape which is generally referred to as “elephant ear” and which lends itself to many applications. Generously proportioned, the Roman makes a wonderful inverted chandelier fixture, as well as a floor lamp and large table lamp. This richly colored shade features fiery amber and red tones and is…
We recently received a couple of new Wally Birds from Bur Oak Pottery. These three pieces were intended to be part of a larger grouping, but the others did not survive the bisque and glaze firings intact. All pieces by Bur Oak are hand sculpted in stoneware, then fired in a wood fired kiln with…
With its distinctive upturned flower petals, the Cyclamen is an unusual flower to find on a Tiffany lamp shade. Louis C. Tiffany was drawn, no doubt, to the sculptural nature of the plant and the vibrant hues of the flowers. The shade pictured was created in 2007 and is shown on the Ribbed base.