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Did Louis Comfort Tiffany design jewelry?
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Yes, Louis Comfort Tiffany designed jewelry as well as glass windows, lighting and decorative objects. He helped to transform Tiffany & Co. into the luxury jewelry brand that it is today after he took control of the company in 1902. Shop a variety of Tiffany & Co. jewelry on 1stDibs.
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Antique Tiffany Studios Three-Light Favrile Glass Lamp "Pulled Feather Shades"
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exceptional antique Tiffany Studios three-light table lamp, created in New York circa 1910 and showcasing the artistry and innovation that made Tiffany Studios one of the most cel...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Favrile Pulled Feather Miniature Art Glass Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Fulton, CA
A fine Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile organic "Pulled Feather" miniature cabinet vase. Circa. 1894-1920. Signed and numbered "L.C.T." "Y 730". Beautiful deep blue-purple base with co...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios New York "Spider" Leaded Glass Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Art Deco Bronze Doré Table Lamp, 1920s
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze table lamp or desk lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, 1920s
Measu...
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Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
L C Tiffany Blue Miniature Favrile Glass Vase, Signed
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A very rare organic ribbed Louis Comfort Tiffany blue Favrile miniature vase in the Jugendstil style. Beautifully signed 'L. C. Tiffany Inc Favrile' Then (indistinctly) '7168 U' and ...
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Vintage 1910s American Jugendstil Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp
Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat cap. Original socket and paddle switch. A rare and fabulous table lamp.
New York c. 1910
patinated bronze, Favrile glass
Height: 20 Inches (51 cm)
Diameter: 7 Inches (18 cm)
Impressed to base 'TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK'.
Etched to inner top aperture 'L.C.T. Favrile'.
Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Literature: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Alastair Duncan, pg. 90 illustrates base and shade
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Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Clara Driscoll, Agnes F. Northrop and Frederick Wilson.
In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon. In his own words, the "Rich tones are due in part to the use of pot metal full of impurities, and in part to the uneven thickness of the glass, but still more because the glass maker of that day abstained from the use of paint".
Tiffany was an interior designer, and in 1878 his interest turned toward the creation of stained glass, when he opened his own studio and glass foundry because he was unable to find the types of glass that he desired in interior decoration. His inventiveness both as a designer of windows and as a producer of the material with which to create them was to become renowned. Tiffany wanted the glass itself to transmit texture and rich colors and he developed a type of glass he called "Favrile".
The glass was manufactured at the Tiffany factory...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze


