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Bonus Lamp of the Week – 16″ Poinsettia

Bonus Lamp of the Week – 16″ Poinsettia

While several projects near completion, here is a bonus Lamp of the Week. The 16″ Poinsettia presents the exuberant plant in a formal, stylized way that still conveys the playfulness of the flowers. The wide floral band is bookmarked by warm yellow geometric tiles that have a hint of green. The shade is shown on…

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Lamp of the Week: 22″ Poinsettia

Lamp of the Week: 22″ Poinsettia

The 22″ Poinsettia shade (often referred to as the Double Poinsettia) is covered in large expressive flowers that are barely contained by a formal trellis. This shade has a blended coloration where different colors with the same tone are used throughout. When viewed from a distance the shade appears to be one tone, but as…

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This Past Week in the Studio

This Past Week in the Studio

With multiple projects being worked on, the Thanksgiving holiday, and our furnace dying just as the temperatures have begun to really drop, this past week has been quite hectic and busy. Our landlord is tending to the furnace while we added layers of clothing. In Minnesota it takes more than cold weather to slow things…

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Holiday Hours

Holiday Hours

Century Studios Holiday Hours Thursday November 28 – Closed Friday November 29 through Saturday December 21 – Regular Hours Sunday December 22 through Wednesday January 1 – Closed Thursday January 2 – Resume Regular Hours

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12″ Dogwood

12″ Dogwood

Flowering dogwood was one of Tiffany Studios’ favorite subjects for lamps and they created dogwood shades in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The 12″ Dogwood is a compact shade covered in blooms. We chose various shades of pinks for the flowers and a delicate fracture/streamer glass for the sky to keep the shade…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

The 20″ Poppy is one of Tiffany Studios’ most popular lamp patterns. Ascending from a horizontal band of leaves, the flowers and buds rise up on slender stems represented by the vertical lead lines to fill the upper two thirds of the shade. The addition of metal filigree overlays on the flower centers and leaves…

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14″ Peony

14″ Peony

The 14″ Peony is a compact shade with a large personality. Covered in large flowers and lush foliage, this pattern cries out for bold colors and textured glasses. Heavily textured pink and red glasses enhance the flowers playful interaction with the verdant foliage. The lightly textured background dramatically shifts from sunny yellow to deep blue. The…

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Lamp of the Week – 22″ Zodiac

Lamp of the Week – 22″ Zodiac

Zodiac symbols were a popular design feature that adorned many items created by Tiffany Studios including mosaic panels, desk set items and lamps. The 22″ Zodiac represents each of the twelve zodiac symbols with a brass filigree medallion. Additional decorative filigree medallions adorn the surface of the shade and each section of the shade has…

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Spider Lamp

Spider Lamp

The 15″ Spider is one of our most popular small lamps. Tiffany Studios originally labeled this shade Plain with Heavy Ribs for Base 337 (on their shade price lists “plain” is Tiffany-speak for geometric, base 337 is the Mushroom) but the inspiration for this design is obviously a long legged spider sitting atop its web…

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Lamp of the Week: 14″ Chestnut

Lamp of the Week: 14″ Chestnut

The 14″ Chestnut is an original Century Studios shade pattern designed by Bill Campbell. The celadon green sky is tinged with peach, setting off the multi-toned green foliage and the pink and white flowers. Created in 2015 and now in a private collection, the shade is shown on the Shell Urn base (17″ tall).

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