A recently completed window project was a larger Wisteria window for a local client. The design of the window was loosely based on the Wisteria windows which graced the breakfast room of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s home in Long Island, New York. The original windows were part of a traveling exhibition a few years ago, and…
As Irwin completes the soldering on the Renoir window (see posting from June 28, 2010), Bill has been starting a large “Oz” stained glass window. This window is based on the Oz Parade, shown on the left, a mural painted by John R. Neill in the 1930’s. John R. Neill was an illustrator who is…
Last week, we completed a 12″ Acorn shade for a New York City client. Tiffany Studios created Acorn shades in many sizes including 10″, 12″, 14″, 16″ and larger. We are pleased to offer all of these sizes for our clients today. The Acorn shade was originally called a Vine pattern, but today everyone refers…
Commission work at Century Studios ebbs and flows between window and lamp orders. We seem to hit stretches where clients are ordering more windows, and we are at the tail end of one of these time periods. A local client commissioned us to make a pair of grape windows which are to be installed on…
We recently completed an 18″ Peony for a client in Cape Cod, MA. His request was for us to create a peony shade with lush red flowers. The completed shade is shown on the Turtleback Band base. It can be tricky to find red art glass that is not one-dimensional. Fortunately, we work with several…
This past week, a new flock of Wally Birds flew in from Bur Oak Pottery. Each hand crafted bird is a one of a kind creation, and each has a distinct personality. Wally Birds were first created by The Martin Brothers Pottery in England in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. Each bird had a removable head…
Last week was another busy week at Century Studios. We have been working on no less than FIVE projects at the same time! This week we hope to complete several of these projects so we can complete all of our orders. We will show photos of the completed pieces in future postings. Here are two…
We are pleased to introduce a new shade pattern to our line of reproduction Tiffany lamps. Our latest offering is a 16″ Geometric Cone Shade. We also offer this design as a 20″ Geometric Cone. Tiffany Studios made many variations on geometric shade patterns. Almost every shape and size of shade was created using geometric…
This week, we are pleased to introduce a new reproduction Tiffany lamp base to our offerings. The Turtleback Band Base is a lamp base that we have been working on for quite some time. The base features a band turtleback tiles which light from within the base. The band can be made using green, amber…
The 28″ Daffodil shade is completed and delivered. Upon receiving the shade, the clients commented that, ” The colors are perfect. It looks like it has always been in our home.” Because of their size and shape, the 28″ cone shaped shades were designed by Tiffany Studios as chandelier fixtures. Clients (then and now) also…