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12″ Geometric

12″ Geometric

This 12″ Geometric shade, with its color shift from green at the top to cobalt blue at the bottom, perfectly compliments the Chinese base. In person, the colors shift evenly but the digital camera creates a light bulb “hot spot” for the photograph. This accent lamp was commissioned by a client in Canada.

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Lamp of the Week: 18″ Cobweb

Lamp of the Week: 18″ Cobweb

The 18″ Cobweb shade is an early Tiffany Studios shade design. Only three original examples of this pattern are known to exist. The shade is faceted with six flattened areas, each of which contain a spider’s web. Cast metal branch work forms the irregular lower edge of the shade. The painstaking custom glass mosaic work…

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18″ Alamander

18″ Alamander

The Alamander (also called Allamander and Allamanda) is a warm climate plant native to South and Central America which grows as a large flowering shrub. In the wild, Alamander is often found near streams and ponds and is a fast growing, sometimes invasive plant. It is often called “Golden Trumpet” even though cultivated varieties can…

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20″ Waterlily

20″ Waterlily

Commissioned by a client in Wisconsin as a chandelier fixture, this 20″ Waterlily shade is shown on the Bump base. The rippled glass used for the water was made by the Chicago Art Glass company in the 1990’s.

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Lamp of the Week: 30″ Lotus Blossom Chandelier

Lamp of the Week: 30″ Lotus Blossom Chandelier

With its lush flowers and large saucer shaped leaves, the Lotus plant inspired many lamps, windows and fancy goods created by Tiffany Studios. The 30″ Lotus Blossom Chandelier is one of the largest reproduction Tiffany lamps we make at Century Studios. This example, created in 2011 as a showroom piece and now in a private…

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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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