In addition to our reproduction Tiffany lamps and hand made pottery, we still have several holiday themed stained glass panels available in a variety of price ranges. These make perfect hostess or holiday gifts, whether you are looking for a home accent for yourself or for someone on your gift list. Our selection includes hand…
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28″ Poinsettia Completed
We have completed the 28″ Poinsettia shade (see our posting from November 30, 2009). After the soldering of the shade was finished, several vertical reinforcing wires were soldered along the lead lines on the interior of the piece. When in place these wires provide the structural stability that will keep the shade stable well into…
Favrile Ornaments
If you are looking for an affordable, unique blown glass ornament for your Christmas tree or to give as a gift, stop by our studio and check out our Favrile Ball Ornaments. Each American-made ornament is individually mouth blown by our master glass blower and finished with a lustre surface. Our ornaments come smooth or…
28″ Poinsettia
Recently, we have been busy laying out a 28″ Poinsettia shade. This unusual Tiffany Studios design has an allover pattern of poinsettia plants in full bloom. For more information on the other styles of Tiffany reproduction Poinsettia shade patterns we offer, see our postings from December 8 & 19, 2008. Considered a holiday plant today,…
Holiday Hours
Century Studios will be closed on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 26th. Century Studios Holiday HoursNow through December 23rd: Tuesday through Friday 10 – 6Saturday 10 – 4Sunday Noon – 4Closed Mondays Visit our studio/showroom for hand made holiday gifts. We have Christmas ornaments & stained glass window decorations, new pottery and blown glass, lamps…
18″ Moorish Geometric
It is always exciting for us when we add a new piece to our repertoire of reproduction Tiffany lamp offerings. This week we completed a new geometric shade – the 18″ Moorish Geometric. Adding this shade took quite a while since we had to have a new lamp form created. The process of creating a…
In Print and In The Classroom
Pick up a copy of the December 2009 issue of Old-Home Interiors Magazine, and you will find a few Century Studios’ lamps pictured! We are included in an article about reproduction lighting in this issue of the magazine. We have three lamps pictured and an overview of our work included with several other contemporary lamp…
Two Lamp Projects
Last week, each of us worked on separate lamp projects. While Irwin was creating a geometric turban shade for a client in the Chicago area, Bill laid out a new floral shade for our showroom. The design of the 18″ Geometric Moorish Turban harkens back to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s earliest inspirations for lighting design. The…
Bell Pepper Lamp Base
Century Studios is pleased to introduce a new lamp base to our offerings of Tiffany reproduction bronzes. The Bell Pepper is a beautifully detailed base and is created at our St. Paul, Minnesota studio. This lamp features a heavily ribbed body and an arm-set with five supports. The Bell Pepper can be created to work…
15″ Spider Lamp
We sometimes get unusual color requests for our lamps and enjoy the challenges these requests present. Geometric style lamps are generally created in the white, amber or green tones. For this piece, we were commissioned to create a 15″ Spider shade which shaded from deep blue to lavender. Using three separate pieces of glass, the…