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Lamp of the Week: 16″ Vine Ornament

Lamp of the Week: 16″ Vine Ornament

With its wide band of swirling leaves, the 16″ Vine Ornament shade is a a nice transition between a floral and geometric style of shade. The unusual mottled glass chosen for this shade are a mix of amber and peach tones, creating a warm, welcoming lamp. The shade is shown on the versatile Short Flower…

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14″ Dragonfly

14″ Dragonfly

We recently completed this 14″ Dragonfly shade as a showroom lamp. The body of the lamp is a fiery mix of yellow and red, with accents of teal green lightly mixed throughout. Six green bodied dragonflies with smokey blue wings hover across the bejeweled surface of this compact shade. The shade is mated with the…

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Lamp of the Week: 22″ Nasturtium

Lamp of the Week: 22″ Nasturtium

The 22″ Nasturtium is a bold shade pattern that calls for an expressive use of glass. Commissioned by a Chicago area client in 2001, this shade has strong colors and an interesting variety in the glasses. Rippled and granite textures are used throughout , giving the shade a shimmering presence. This expressive shade was mated…

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Mosaic Lamp Bases

Mosaic Lamp Bases

Lamp bases decorated with glass mosaic were something of a specialty at Tiffany Studios. At Century Studios, we reproduce half a dozen Tiffany base designs that incorporate glass mosaic and we recently completed these two mosaic lamp bases. The glass used in the mosaic for both bases is a reproduction Tiffany lustre sheet glass that…

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Lamp of the Week: 14″ Shade Group

Lamp of the Week: 14″ Shade Group

Back in the early 1990’s, not long after we moved our studio to downtown Minneapolis’ North Loop Warehouse District, we decided to have a showroom event which would include all the smaller shade styles we offered at that time.  We titled the display Tiffany In Bloom and included the six 14″ shades pictured. We also…

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Spider Lamp

Spider Lamp

The 15″ Spider is a Tiffany lamp design that imparts an evocative mood, especially when rendered in deeply saturated colors.  A cast bronze spider straddles the shade, eerily resting atop its web. Our client requested a color shift from green to red for this shade, emphasizing strong red as the main color. Commissioned by a…

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Lamp of the Week: 10″ Turtleback

Lamp of the Week: 10″ Turtleback

Small lamps can have a big impact in a room, and this 10″ Turtleback shade is a perfect example of a petite lamp with a lot of personality. Commissioned by a local client in 2013, the glass in the shade is a light spring green that is bisected with a green turtleback band. The shade…

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New Lamp Base

New Lamp Base

Century Studios is pleased to introduce a new cast bronze lamp base to our line of reproduction Tiffany metalwork. The Large Lion’s Foot base has an elegant profile that will compliment any 22″ to 24″ shade design. The four legs with anthropomorphic feet and slim profile, give the base a feeling of airiness. At 28″…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

The 20″ Poppy shade is a classic Tiffany Studios lamp design. The warm golden background provides a calming backdrop for the gently swaying red flowers. The filigreed leaves and flower centers add a level of three dimensional interest to the shade. Commissioned by an East Coast client in 2016, the shade  is shown on the…

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This Week At Century Studios

This Week At Century Studios

We began the week on Monday with a trip to the foundry to drop off waxes and pick up the raw bronzes for upcoming lamp base projects. Because it eats up half a day to get to the foundry and back again, we schedule our trips on Mondays when the studio is closed. Back at…

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