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16″ Apple Blossom

16″ Apple Blossom

The 16″ Apple Blossom is an elegant design with a strong Asian influence. Tree branches move diagonally across the shade bearing leaves and flowers in full bloom. The dramatically blended amber & green glass chosen for the body of the shade provides a lush backdrop for the delicate pink-tinged flower petals. The shade is shown…

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Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

The Saturday/Sunday February 17 & 18, 2018 Design and Decorating section of the Wall Street Journal featured an interior with a Century Studios lamp. The Acorn shade on Tobacco Leaf base appears on a side table in a Portland, OR client’s library.  

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New Lamp Design

New Lamp Design

The 10″ Dogwood Ball is the most recent addition to our line of reproduction Tiffany lamps. Dogwood trees have large showy flowers that bloom in the spring and are a motif used time and again by Tiffany Studios in lamps and windows. At Century Studios we now offer four dogwood patterns – the 10″ ball,…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Turtleback Dome

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Turtleback Dome

One of the many variations of turtleback shades we create is the 20″ Turtleback Dome.  The lamp was commissioned in 2014 and has a band of hand cut emerald green turtleback tiles bookmarked above and below by rows of mottled green glass. The shade is shown on the 7 Handled Pottery base.

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22″ Laburnum, Part 2

22″ Laburnum, Part 2

We have completed the 22″ Laburnum lamp for our client in Florida. Upon receiving the lamp, our client wrote, “The lamp is absolutely beautiful! The glass and base are perfect… and the craftsmanship…is truly second to none!” The Laburnum shade has the unique feature of being lobed, which in combination with the irregular lower edge,…

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Lamp of the Week: 28″ Dragonfly

Lamp of the Week: 28″ Dragonfly

This dragonfly is one of two 28″ Dragonfly shade patterns that we offer.  With the flying insects swirling diagonally across its surface, this pattern is full of excitement. We created this shade in 1996 using Lins glass, and the background of the shade is studded with pressed glass jewels made at our studio. This chandelier…

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22″ Laburnum, Part 1

22″ Laburnum, Part 1

Tiffany Studios took inspiration from all types of colorful plants for its lamp designs. The Laburnum shade was made in several sizes and represents the flowering tree with stunning trailing flowers that is commonly known as the “Golden Chain Tree” (laburnum photo courtesy of Susan Campbell Noran). We were commissioned by a client in Florida…

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Lamp of the Week: 26″ Turtleback Chandelier

Lamp of the Week: 26″ Turtleback Chandelier

The 26″ Turtleback shade was designed to be used as a chandelier fixture. This massive shade perfectly conveys the impression of a large tortoise shell, thus the moniker for both the shade and the pressed glass tiles used to create it. Composed entirely of large turtleback tiles, the spaces between the tiles are filled in…

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16″ Fish

16″ Fish

Commissioned by a West Coast client, this colorful 16″ Fish shade was made to mate with our new Arrowhead Mosaic base. The rich oranges and greens of the shade are reflected in the color of the glass mosaic on the base. The client requested a rich brown patina with very little green on the bronze…

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