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22″ Tulip, Part 2

22″ Tulip, Part 2

The 22″ Tulip shade has been completed and shipped to our client. In our post last week, we showed the construction process up to the point where the pieces were being hand foiled. Work progressed steadily and once the foiling was complete, Bill Campbell moved on to work on the layout for our next shade…

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Lamp of the Week: 18″ Turtleback

Lamp of the Week: 18″ Turtleback

Turtleback lamps can be created in many colors, shapes, and sizes. This 18″ Turtleback shade features lively green/blue/white background of ripple glass. The texture of the glass faces the inside of the shade, giving the outside an even, smooth surface. When illuminated, shade undergoes a visual transformation, becoming a highly textured lamp. The shade is…

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22″ Tulip, Part 1

22″ Tulip, Part 1

Even though the weather has been chilly, wet and gloomy all through the month of April this spring, inside the studio it has been bright and colorful. We have been working steadily on a large 22″ Tulip shade for a client. This shade has 1125 individual pieces of glass, each of which is laid out…

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Lamp of the Week: 22″ Wisteria

Lamp of the Week: 22″ Wisteria

Tiffany Studios created Wisteria lamps in several sizes and shapes. One of the most versatile of these is the 22″ Wisteria which can be a table lamp, chandelier, or floor lamp. Commissioned in 2002 by a Chicago area client, the cascading flowers in this shade have a variety of blue, purple, lavender, and white tones….

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Bonus Lamp of the Week : 22″ Dragonfly

Bonus Lamp of the Week : 22″ Dragonfly

Over the past few weeks, we have been working on several projects that will be featured in upcoming posts.  This 22″ Dragonfly shade was created as a showroom lamp in 2016. The warm golden ripple texture was a unique run of Youghiogheny Circa 1900 glass that was only made once. Shown on the Perforated base…

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Lamp of the Week: 28″ Daffodil

Lamp of the Week: 28″ Daffodil

This 28″ Daffodil shade was created in 2010 for a client in the Chicago area. Unlike this year, the spring of 2010 was an exceptionally early one and the daffodils were already blooming when the shade was delivered in early May. The shade is covered in flowers reaching skyward on slender stems swaying gently in…

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Pair of 10″ Pansy Lamps

Pair of 10″ Pansy Lamps

We recently completed a matched pair of 10″ Pansy lamps for a client in California. The twin siblings are mated with Ruffle bases (17″ total lamp height). Set against a cerulean blue background, the flowers on these petite shades are bursting with color. The 10″ Pansy shade is a Century Studios original shade design inspired…

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Lamp of the Week: 12″ Geometric Turban

Lamp of the Week: 12″ Geometric Turban

Small geometric shades can add a splash of color and interest to any interior. The patchwork quilt colors of this 12″ Geometric Turban shade were created using a single piece of multicolored glass. The shade is shown on the Chinese base (16″ tall). This lamp was created for a local client in 2017.

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Bonus Lamp of the Week: 28″ Lily

Bonus Lamp of the Week: 28″ Lily

The 28″ Lily shade is a Century Studios original shade design which was conceived by Bill Campbell. To bring this highly detailed pattern to life, every type of art glass was employed, including streaky, ring mottle, rippled, fibroid, drapery, and fracture/streamer. The glasses were painstakingly chosen and the colors blended to create an impressionistic view…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Daffodil

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Daffodil

One of Tiffany Studio’s more popular floral shade designs is the 20″ Daffodil. This is one of the few shade patterns where the flowers are inverted, rather than “growing” from the bottom of the shade. Having the flowers are clustered at the lower edge of the shade, the 20″ Daffodil makes a wonderful chandelier fixture….

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