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Lamp of the Week: 25″ Rose Bush

Lamp of the Week: 25″ Rose Bush

This 25″ Rose Bush shade was created as a showroom piece in 2005 and is now in a local collection. The lush red roses are highlighted with yellow, purple and white. The blue background glass for the lamp was created at Century Studios. The shade is shown on the Arc base.

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Scarab Lamp

Scarab Lamp

Tiffany Studios adapted the Egyptian scarab beetle motif into many interesting objects such as ink wells, stamp boxes, wall sconces, jewelry and this striking Scarab Table Lamp. In ancient Egypt, the scarab symbolized rebirth, transformation, and resurrection which is why they are often depicted in many ways within tombs. This petite accent lamp is only…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Acorn

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Acorn

The generous proportions of the 20″ Acorn shade give this lamp a commanding presence. The “acorn” pattern was originally designed as a “leaf border”, but the nut inspired moniker has become the accepted name for this pattern. Commissioned by a client in Louisiana in 2011, the shade uses heavily mottled green glass for the upper…

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22″ Peony

22″ Peony

We are starting 2018 with a burst of color! This week we completed the first lamp of the new year, a 22″ Peony shade that we began during the holiday season. Blending together a delicious mix of glass in saturated colors and textures, this shade is a veritable feast for the eyes. The 22″ Peony…

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Welcome 2018

Welcome 2018

Century Studios will resume regular business hours today.  The 22″ Turtleback Turban shade on the Arc base was created in 2008 as a showroom lamp and is now in a private collection in Chicago.

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

The 20″ Poppy shade is one of the most popular Tiffany Studios shade designs. The shade can be created in any color scheme and filigree on both the leaves and flower centers give the shade a unique appearance. We created this shade as a showroom piece over 25 years ago using Lins glass. The shade…

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25″ Mandarin Lotus

25″ Mandarin Lotus

The 25″ Mandarin Lotus is a symmetrically complex shade with an undulating accordion pleat surface. Tiffany Studios fashioned the shade to represent a large lotus leaf, with each lead line representing a vein in the leaf. Each of the 24 peaked ribs of the shade have a hand applied copper wire which accentuates the veining….

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Lamp of the Week: 24″ Poppy

Lamp of the Week: 24″ Poppy

With it generous proportions and unusual filigreed irregular lower edge, the 24″ Poppy with Filigree makes a bold decorating statement. For this shade, the flowers were made in many shades of red, orange, yellow and deep pink. The sparkling, lightly textured background glass is made from a glass that blends together the flower and leaf…

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Lamp of the Week: 28″ Poinsettia

Lamp of the Week: 28″ Poinsettia

We are completing a large lamp at the studio, so here is a second “lamp of the week’ presentation. The 28″ Poinsettia is the a generously proportioned shade that can be used as a chandelier, as an oversized table lamp, or on a Jr. Floor base. This example, commissioned in 2009 by a client in…

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