Completed in June 2008, Love’s Messenger was inspired by Maria Spartali Stillman’s painting of the same name. We have altered the countenance of the figure to make this window a portrait. This window has all the bells and whistles – Painted features, multiple plated layers, three dimensional glass and lots of piecework. One of the…
The smallest stained glass shade we create is a 7″ Violet design. This is a Century Studios’ original shade design that was created by Bill Campbell in 2006. To date, we have made three examples of this petite pattern. Bill designed this small shade following the “Tiffany rule” that the size of the flowers depicted…
The Venus window is now complete and delivered. The posting showing the beginning of Venus window’s construction was posted on August 25, 2008. Venus is the goddess of love and possesses the “golden apple” which was presented to her by Paris. Scholars believe the apple was really an orange, since they were much scarcer than…
Inspired by a Tiffany Studios’ mosaic wall hanging, the 28″ Lemon Tree w/Birds Chandelier is a Century Studios’ original lamp design. Currently available for purchase in our showroom, this generously proportioned shade features a wealth of details and a lush color palette. Using the mosaic as inspiration, Bill began to design the shade by blocking…
On September 20 & 21, 2008 we will be exhibiting at the 9th Annual Arts and Crafts Show in St. Paul, MN. This two day show is held in two buildings on the Minnesota State Fair Grounds and brings together approximately 60 dealers of antique, reproduction and new decorative arts. Century Studios has done this…
The 16″ Apple Blossom was always a popular Tiffany Studios shade pattern. Like the 15″ Spider lamp discussed in an earlier entry, many original examples of this shade come to auction. With its simple flowing tree branch and spare design, this pattern is a good example of Tiffany’s love of Oriental art. The shade is…
When visiting Lillian Nassau Gallery in New York City, we were always impressed by Tiffany Studio’s Autumn Folding Screen which they had on display. The gallery has since sold this masterpiece in glass and we decided to create a reproduction of this impressive creation. Our first challenge was to create the metal framework that would…
Completed at the end of August ’08 as a new lamp for our showroom, this 20″ Waterlily shade was a fun piece to create. Using rippled water glass, the multi-colored waterlilies float on the tranquil surface of the pond in one of Tiffany Studio’s most popular lamp designs. The first two photographs show how we…
Bill has been busy working on the glass mosaic on a Dragonfly Mosaic Urn base. Time consuming and frustrating, the tiny shards of glass must be expertly fit into the cast bronze lamp base that features flying dragonflys and flowering water plants in relief. Small strips of glass are cut, then segmented into the tiny…
The goddess Venus is the subject of our most recent window commission. Based on a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1864-68, the face and hair of the original oil painting have been altered to create a portrait window. We are in the middle of production on this piece, and thought we would post some…