Just completed for our showroom is this 16″ Acorn shade. The lively green glass gives the shade an air of springtime freshness. The shade is shown on the Leaves of Grass Pottery base and is currently available for purchase in our showroom. We have two new Wally Birds from the master potters at Bur Oak…
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Lamp of the Week: 18″ Tulip
Tulips are one of the first flowers to make an appearance in the Spring. With their seemingly endless array of colors and showy blooms, tulips are a natural flower to be featured on Tiffany shade designs. This 18″ Tulip shade has a variety of peach, pink, and yellow flowers. Shown on the sculptural Mock Turtle…
Lamp of the Week: 28″ Magnolia
One of the most recognizable Tiffany Studios shade designs, the 28″ Magnolia can be used as a large chandelier fixture or on a Senior Floor base. The Magnolia is one of the few shade designs which utilize drapery glass, a hand folded sheet glass that gives a highly three dimensional look to the shade. We…
Lamp of the Week: 10 Light Lily Table Lamp
A milestone in the history of lighting design, Louis Comfort Tiffany introduced the Lily Table Lamp in the 1890’s, showing the world what could be created with an electric light bulb and some imagination. This illuminated sculpture is inspired by a cluster of water lilies, with the lustre glass flowers nodding gently above the bronze…
Century Studios Hours This Week
Century Studios will be closed Wednesday April 8 through Monday April 13. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday April 14.
Easter Memorial Windows
In March, we completed a pair of Resurrection-themed Memorial Windows for St. Paul’s Episcopalian Church in Owatonna, Minnesota. Commissioned as a memorial by the Krysto family, the pair of windows feature Easter themes. Installed in the entry to the church, the windows are placed as shown above – the first window (on the right as…
Whirlpool Window
At Century Studios, we have created quite a few windows and suncatchers based on the artwork John R. Neill created for the Wizard of Oz book series. The series ran from 1900 well into the 1940’s and all but the first book were lavishly illustrated by Neill. At the beginning of The Scarecrow of Oz,…
Lamp of the Week: 16″ Daffodil
Light and airy, the 16″ Daffodil shade evokes springtime sunshine and gentle breezes. Commissioned in 2009 by a local client, the shade features fracture/streamer background glass and perky yellow flowers which are certain to enliven even the dullest rainy day. The shade is shown on the Lion’s Foot base.
Two Showroom Lamps
Two recently completed lamps appearing in our showroom include the 16″ Geometric w/Triangle Border and a 10″ Turtleback. The 16″ Geometric w/Triangle Border shade is a shade that will fit into any decor. This shade is made using a rose colored glass with an slightly darker decorative border of triangularly shaped pieces. The shade is…
Lamp of the Week: 22″ Trumpet Vine
Trumpet Vine flowers come in a variety of colors ranging from the familiar orange, to yellow, scarlet, pink and even lavender. Commissioned in 2007, this 22″ Trumpet Vine shade was created with scarlet flowers set against a multicolored background that includes a wide variety of blue, amber, and purple glass. The green foliage enlivens the…