We recently completed a window for a local client which was inspired by a large Impressionist landscape painting by Monet. For our client’s purposes, we trimmed the image down to a smaller detail of the overall painting. So, we have a bit of landscape with a riot of brightly colored flowers in the foreground –…
At Century Studios, we have introduced a flurry of new shade designs this spring. The most recent reproduction Tiffany shade design is the 18″ Alamander. This shallow cone features a wealth of flowers in full bloom across the surface of the shade. The shade is the same size and shape as the 18″ Clematis cone….
Century Studios is pleased to present another new original shade design, the 14″ Chestnut. Taking our inspiration from an antique hand painted glass lamp base, Bill Campbell created this wonderful shade design. Designing a new shade pattern is always a challenging prospect, even when the shade is small. Bill referenced not only the painted lamp…
We recently completed a 20″ Arrowhead shade for a client in Texas. The client has an antique Grueby pottery base that the shade is now illuminating.The arrowhead design has a distinctly arts and crafts feel to it. This design has a fairly unique Tiffany Studios approach – representational, yet stylized and rhythmic in its execution….
This past week we completed a 22″ Peony shade for our showroom. The shade is now on display and available for purchase. The color inspiration for this shade was based on the 22″ Peony shade once owned by Barbara Striesand, with a rich amber/yellow background that supports a riot of peony flowers in full bloom….
We completed our order for multiple chandelier fixtures and shipped them to New York state.The 22″ Turtleback shade has five lights inside and a large turtleback tile at the bottom of the shade. The amber turtleback tiles are complimented by the rich amber background glass. The two other fixtures were a pair of inverted 16″…
A local client recently commissioned an owl window for her husband as a birthday gift. The completed window was approximately 27″ x 30″ and was finished in a cherry frame to hang in his home office/study. Using a favorite print by John James Audubon as inspiration for the window, we were asked to add more…
We have been working on a suite of chandelier fixtures for an East Coast client. The largest of the three is a 22″ Turtleback shade. Irwin is seen soldering the band of turtleback tiles into position on the shade. We will show the completed suite of fixtures in a future posting.
Large geometric shades are always impressive, and perfectly combine simplicity and detail without the lushness of their floral counterparts. The 20″ Acorn shade is a perfect example of how a large shade can be entrancing, yet remain simple. We recently completed a 20″ Acorn shade for a client in Louisiana. The beginning of the process…
We often get asked how we get our sheet glass to the studio. After the sheets of glass are picked, they are shipped to Century Studios by truck in wooden crates with lots of padding. The crates of glass can be very heavy, but we have a basic system involving a two wheeler and a…