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Tiffany Studios Damascene And Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1900
Tiffany Studios Damascene And Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1900

Tiffany Studios Damascene And Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1900

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

This Tiffany Studios table lamp has a very large and beautiful gold and silver Damascene shade. The Damascene design is set against a cream colored background and the silver - gold i...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios Turtle Back Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Turtle Back Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Turtle Back Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios Turtle Back Table lamp

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Chinese Geometric" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Chinese Geometric" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Chinese Geometric" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

This is one of the few Tiffany lamps where the base and shade were exclusively shown together, making this as much a piece of illuminated sculpture as a functional lamp.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp
Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp

Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios large table lamp that is illustrated in Al...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios Fleur-de-Lis Lamp
Tiffany Studios Fleur-de-Lis Lamp

Tiffany Studios Fleur-de-Lis Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New Orleans, LA

Fleur-de-Lis Lamp Tiffany Studios Circa 1900 This beautiful Tiffany Studios table lamp features the firm's iconic leaded glass shade in the rare Fleur-de-Lis pattern.

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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios New York Tyler Leaded Glass and Patinated bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Art Nouveau.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Newell Post" Favrile Glass Desk Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Newell Post" Favrile Glass Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Newell Post" Favrile Glass Desk Lamp

By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The "Newell Post" lamp by Tiffany Studios New York, features three gold Favrile glass shades with purple iridescence, suspended from a gilt bronze “Wilson” base with a twisted stem.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios Dogwood Floral Stained Glass Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Dogwood Floral Stained Glass Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Dogwood Floral Stained Glass Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios Art Glass and Bronze Dogwood Table Lamp Dogwood Band table lamp New York, USA, c. 1910 Leaded glass, Patinated bronze Height: 21.5 Inches X 16 Inches Diameter (55 × 4...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany & Co. Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
Tiffany & Co. Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp

Tiffany & Co. Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Tiffany & Co. Studios bronze and favrile table lamp.

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Antique Early 1900s American Other Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Palm lamp in silvered bronze and green stained glass lampshade, Art Nouveau 1900
Palm lamp in silvered bronze and green stained glass lampshade, Art Nouveau 1900

Palm lamp in silvered bronze and green stained glass lampshade, Art Nouveau 1900

By Louis Comfort Tiffany

Located in VÉZELAY, FR

Superb tree/palm lamp, silvered bronze base. Green stained glass lampshade Art Nouveau, France, Circa 1900 In excellent condition, new electricity. Dimensions: height 50 cm diame...

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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Glass, Art Glass, Stained Glass

Gilt Bronze Table Lamp by Tiffany & Co., Orientalist Design, c. 1900
Gilt Bronze Table Lamp by Tiffany & Co., Orientalist Design, c. 1900

Gilt Bronze Table Lamp by Tiffany & Co., Orientalist Design, c. 1900

Located in Montreal, QC

Such a fine quality lamp was sufficiently impressive to be retailed by Tiffany. The adjustable lamp is boldly cast with scrolls and masks and raised on a circular and stepped foot....

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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios Bronze Harp Floor Lamp with Green Damascene Favrile Glass Shade
Tiffany Studios Bronze Harp Floor Lamp with Green Damascene Favrile Glass Shade

Tiffany Studios Bronze Harp Floor Lamp with Green Damascene Favrile Glass Shade

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Tarry Town, NY

An exceptional and rare early 20th-century bronze harp floor lamp by the iconic Tiffany Studios, New York, featuring a stunning Favrile glass Damascene shade and exquisite craftsmans...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

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Bronze

Documented Tiffany Studios #425 Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp W/Favrile Shade
Documented Tiffany Studios #425 Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp W/Favrile Shade

Documented Tiffany Studios #425 Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp W/Favrile Shade

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Illuminate your space with the timeless elegance of the Signed Tiffany Studios #425 Gilt Bronze Dore "Bell" Floor Lamp, featuring a stunning Favrile Damascene shade. This exquisite A...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Lamp
Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Lamp

Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Lamp

Located in New Orleans, LA

Pomegranate Table Lamp Tiffany Studios Circa 1900 This beautiful lamp by Tiffany Studios features an iconic leaded Favrile glass lampshade atop its patinated bronze base.

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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Table lamp with Verona marble base and possible bronze finish
Table lamp with Verona marble base and possible bronze finish

Table lamp with Verona marble base and possible bronze finish

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in Lugo, IT

Table lamp with Verona marble base and possible bronze. Good condition Thank you

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Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Original Antique 3 Lite Lily Table Lamp, Gilt Bronze Base, ca.1905
Original Antique 3 Lite Lily Table Lamp, Gilt Bronze Base, ca.1905

Original Antique 3 Lite Lily Table Lamp, Gilt Bronze Base, ca.1905

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Petaluma, CA

This stunning lamp was conceived and manufactured by the most famous of all American lamp makers, Tiffany Studios. The detailed cast and gilt bronze base is accompanied by 3 matchin...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Tiffany Studios Jeweled Favrile Glass Candle Lamp, Patinated Bronze Base
Antique Tiffany Studios Jeweled Favrile Glass Candle Lamp, Patinated Bronze Base

Antique Tiffany Studios Jeweled Favrile Glass Candle Lamp, Patinated Bronze Base

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Tarry Town, NY

A rare and finely executed early 20th century candle lamp produced by the renowned Tiffany Studios, United States, circa 1906. This example represents an important period in Tiffany ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Centerpieces

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Bronze

Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios New York Patinated Bronze-Favrile Glass Floor Lamp
Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios New York Patinated Bronze-Favrile Glass Floor Lamp

Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios New York Patinated Bronze-Favrile Glass Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios, Tiffany & Co.

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An elegant Tiffany Studios New York floor lamp crafted in patinated bronze with a graceful arched stem and distinctive splayed legs ending in spade-shaped feet. The lamp is fitted wi...

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Antique Early 1900s American Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Three Light LILY Table Lamp 1900s
Three Light LILY Table Lamp 1900s

Three Light LILY Table Lamp 1900s

By Louis Comfort Tiffany

Located in Miami, FL

Three Light LILY Table Lamp, 1900s Favrile glass, patinated bronze, two shades engraved L.C.T. F Avrile base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK319 13 in

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Early 1900s Art Deco More Art

Materials

Bronze

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Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

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H 13 in Dm 6 in

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios desk lamp comprising an original nautilus shell shade on a bronze base, the leading and bronze finish in a rich brown patina. The base features an inset border of n...

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Antique Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios 'Woodbine' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Woodbine' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Woodbine' Table Lamp

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H 17.5 in Dm 14 in

Tiffany Studios 'Woodbine' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Woodbine" design shade on a bronze "Swamp" table base, the leading and bronze finish in a rich brown patina. This T...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios 'Dragonfly' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Dragonfly' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Dragonfly' Table Lamp

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H 25 in Dm 20 in

Tiffany Studios 'Dragonfly' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Dragonfly" design shade featuring variegated blossoms against a confetti glass background on a bronze decorated "Cu...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios 'Poppy' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Poppy' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Poppy' Table Lamp

Unavailable

H 23 in Dm 16 in

Tiffany Studios 'Poppy' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Poppy" design shade, featuring mottled and rippled white blossoms against a light blue sky, on a bronze "Decorated ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios Clematis Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Clematis Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Clematis Table Lamp

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H 22 in Dm 18 in

Tiffany Studios Clematis Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Clematis" design shade, featuring blue and purple Clematis blossoms comprised of both granite and rippled glass aga...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios 'Nasturtium' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Nasturtium' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Nasturtium' Table Lamp

Unavailable

H 25 in Dm 18 in

Tiffany Studios 'Nasturtium' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Nasturtium" design shade, featuring richly colored red, yellow and orange blossoms against a confetti glass backgro...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios 'Tulip' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Tulip' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Tulip' Table Lamp

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H 26.5 in Dm 22 in

Tiffany Studios 'Tulip' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Tulip" design shade, featuring variegated pink and red blossoms against a light blue sky, on a bronze "Twisted Vine...

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Antique Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios 'Maple Leaf' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Maple Leaf' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Maple Leaf' Table Lamp

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H 33 in Dm 22 in

Tiffany Studios 'Maple Leaf' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Maple Leaf" design shade, featuring variegated leaves against a mottled glass background , on a bronze "Tree Trunk"...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios 'Drophead Dragonfly' Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios 'Drophead Dragonfly' Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios 'Drophead Dragonfly' Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp comprising a "Drophead Dragonfly" design shade featuring variegated blue-winged dragonflies against a mottled golden background o...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios Curtain Border Senior Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios Curtain Border Senior Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios senior floor lamp with mottled yellow and green "Curtain Border" leaded glass shade, the base with a rich dark brown patina. This Tiffany Studios lamp has an origin...

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Antique Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Floor Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios Four Lily Light Bronze Table Desk Lamp, circa 1900
Tiffany Studios Four Lily Light Bronze Table Desk Lamp, circa 1900

Tiffany Studios Four Lily Light Bronze Table Desk Lamp, circa 1900

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

An American Art Nouveau patinated bronze and favrile glass "Four Light Lily" table lamp by, Tiffany Studios New York decorated with four early Tiffany Favrile lily shades atop a four...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Belted Turtleback" Tiffany Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Belted Turtleback" Tiffany Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Belted Turtleback" Tiffany Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shades sits upon a bronze "American Indian" base, circa 1900. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to ove...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Mandarin" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Mandarin" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Mandarin" table lamp.  The leaded glass shade graduates from green to white.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios Turtleback Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Turtleback Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Turtleback Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios Art Nouveau Table lamp having turtle back and geometric shade with brown and green patinated bronze mushroom base. Turtle back glass chunks are iridescent and cased s...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios “Mandarin” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Mandarin” Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900.  A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Crocus" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Crocus" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Crocus" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade sits atop a decorated three-armed “Library” base. Circa 1900. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp

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H 32.25 in Dm 22 in

Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Tiffany Studios New York “Peony” leaded glass and patinated bronze table lamp.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Library" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Library" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Library" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Atop a ribbed floriform base on ball feet with three arm supports and a single light socket, circa 1900. A similar base is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The glass in the base is framed by bronze that is accented with intricate wire work, including a particularly striking three-dimensional stylized snail motif. Circa 1900. Louis Co...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Geometric" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Geometric" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Geometric" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Page 87, plate 232, circa 1900. Shade signed: “Tiffany Studios New York”.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Dragonfly" leaded glass and patinated bronze table lamp. The shade sits on a patinated bronze “16 Ball” base and features indigo with hints of pink multi ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

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H 22.25 in Dm 17 in L 22.25 in

Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade sits atop a scroll base comprised of gilt bronze scroll embellishments circling the foot of the base, circa 1900. Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Dragonfly" lamps have become s...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shell would modulate the light much as his Favrile glass shades, warming the light and making it more like the gas lighting to which people were accustomed. Tiffany’s “Nautilus” ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Nautilus" Desk Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Nautilus" table lamp with a silver bronze lined nautilus shade suspended within a patinated bronze figural base.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Peony" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The lampshade sits atop a rare Tiffany Studios New York green and red patinated bronze lamp base with pierced Onion Bulb design, circa 1900.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Dogwood" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Dogwood" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Dogwood" Table Lamp

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H 29.5 in Dm 22.5 in L 29.5 in

Tiffany Studios "Dogwood" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Dogwood" glass and bronze table lamp.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988, p. ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Tiffany Studios “Drophead Dragonfly” Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios “Drophead Dragonfly” Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Drophead Dragonfly” Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. Shade signed: “Tiffany Studios New York 1607”.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Tiffany Studios Woodbine Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Woodbine Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Woodbine Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Petaluma, CA

There is a reason why Tiffany is the most sought after of all the great lamp companies from the turn of the century. One just needs to look at the glass and the workmanship. This sha...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios Bronze Grapevine Glass Lamp
Tiffany Studios Bronze Grapevine Glass Lamp

Tiffany Studios Bronze Grapevine Glass Lamp

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H 13 in W 9.5 in D 6.25 in

Tiffany Studios Bronze Grapevine Glass Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

This lamp is perfect with original GE switch and socket and all looks as it is sitting in an original Tiffany store front more than 100 years ago and ready to place on your desk, tab...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Wiremesh Poppy" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Wiremesh Poppy" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Poppy" table lamp atop a “Pierced Twig and Berry” adjustable base.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios Banded Dogwood Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Banded Dogwood Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Banded Dogwood Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios Leaded glass and patinated bronze banded Dogwood table lamp, circa 1910 Art Nouveau Art Deco. A beautiful example of Art Nouveau era Florian and geometric hand craf...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Desk Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Desk Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Counter Balance" Desk Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. Pictured in ‘“Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, An Illustrated Reference to Over 2000 Models” by Alastair Duncan, p.89, plate #416.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Blown Glass

Tiffany Studios "Double Student" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Double Student" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Double Student" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze and Favrile glass "Student" table lamp with two green "Damascene" shades with iridescent decoration suspended from a double student base w...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios “Apple Blossom" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios “Apple Blossom" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Apple Blossom" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Apple Blossom" table lamp. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to ove...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios "Cabbage Rose" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Cabbage Rose" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Cabbage Rose" glass and bronze table lamp. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios New York "Aladdin" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Aladdin" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Aladdin" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The harp shape holds the vibrant green shade, circa 1900. A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Dun...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade is resting within a patinated bronze five-footed double harp base, circa 1900. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany lamps and metalware: An illus...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Tiffany Studios Counter Balance Linen Fold Lamp
Tiffany Studios Counter Balance Linen Fold Lamp

Tiffany Studios Counter Balance Linen Fold Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios Art Nouveau circa 1900 Desk or table lamp This lamp has a beautiful golden glow and will warm up any area with class and taste.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Item #: L-16320 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Circa: 1900 Country: United States Dimensions: 58" height, 12" diameter Materials: Leaded glass, bronze Shade Signed: ''Tiffany...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany "Tulip" Table Lamp
Tiffany "Tulip" Table Lamp

Tiffany "Tulip" Table Lamp

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H 18 in Dm 14 in

Tiffany "Tulip" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Petaluma, CA

A very colorful and desirable example of an original Tiffany. Both shade and base are properly signed. The shade has some wonderful colors as any eye can see. The bronze base is the ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios Jeweled Turtle Back Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Turtle Back Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios Jeweled Turtle Back Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Dallas, TX

Tiffany Studios jeweled turtleback desk lamp, Circa 1900 A Tiffany Studios bronze table lamp base decorated with jeweled green favrile swirl glass balls supporting the turtleback sha...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios "Twelve-Light Lily" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Twelve-Light Lily" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Twelve-Light Lily" Table Lamp

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H 20.5 in Dm 14 in L 20.5 in

Tiffany Studios "Twelve-Light Lily" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Twelve-light Lily" patinated bronze and Favrile glass table lamp.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios “Ten-Light Lily” Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios “Ten-Light Lily” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Ten-Light Lily” Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade sits atop a patinated bronze acorn base, circa 1900. A similar shade in a different color scheme is pictured in: The Lamps of Tiffany, by Dr.

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Tiffany Studios New York "Peony" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Peony" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade is further accented with three lower rows of mottled green “rippled” glass tiles, atop a patinated bronze “Twisted Vine” base, circa 1900. A similar shade is picutred in...

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Tiffany Studios "Acorn" Leaded Glass Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Acorn" Leaded Glass Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Acorn" Leaded Glass Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios, New York glass and bronze “Acorn” table lamp, featuring a leaded glass Favrile shade in hues of mottled green and yellow, atop a patinated bronze base, circa 1900....

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“Twelve-Light Lily” Tiffany Studios Table Lamp

“Twelve-Light Lily” Tiffany Studios Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1988, p....

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Tiffany Studios New York "Tulip" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Tulip" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. A similar shade is pictured in: The Lamps of Tiffany, by Dr.

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Tiffany Studios "Swirling Lemon Leaf" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Swirling Lemon Leaf" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A similar base is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988, p. ...

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Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Acorn" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade sits atop a patinated bronze "Mushroom" base, circa 1900. A similar shade and base are pictured separately in: Tiffany lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to o...

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Tiffany Studios “Twelve-Light Lily” Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios “Twelve-Light Lily” Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

circa 1900. A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany lamps and metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ ...

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Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Linenfold" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The shade sits atop a patinated bronze base, circa 1900. A similar lamp is pictured in: Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models,...

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Tiffany Studios New York "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Counter Balance" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1900. A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ ...

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Tiffany Studios "Three Light Lily" Piano Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Three Light Lily" Piano Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Three Light Lily" Piano Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Tiffany Studios "Bamboo" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Bamboo" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

The base is also decorated with fronds and is segmented like a bamboo stem. Circa 1900's. A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to ...

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Tiffany Studios "Ten-Light Lily" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios "Ten-Light Lily" Table Lamp

Tiffany Studios "Ten-Light Lily" Table Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A similar lamp is pictured in: Tiffany lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge: Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1988, p. ...

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Tiffany Studios New York "Poinsettia" Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios New York "Poinsettia" Table Lamp

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By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York "Poinsettia" lamp with a blown glass pineapple base. This spectacular shade is comprised of brilliant red poinsettias surrounded by multicolored green leav...

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Tiffany Studios New York "Curtain Border" Floor Lamp

Tiffany Studios New York "Curtain Border" Floor Lamp

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

A Tiffany Studios New York floor lamp. A "Curtain Border" leaded glass shade on a "Scroll" Senior patinated bronze floor base.

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1900 Tiffany Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic 1900 tiffany lamp available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, bronze and glass, every 1900 tiffany lamp was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 1900 tiffany lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A 1900 tiffany lamp, designed in the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one 1900 tiffany lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany & Co. produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a 1900 Tiffany Lamp?

Prices for a 1900 tiffany lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $10 and can go as high as $245,000, while the average can fetch as much as $15,000.

Tiffany Studios for sale on 1stDibs

The hand-crafted kerosene and early electric lighting fixtures created at Tiffany Studios now rank among the most coveted decorative objects in the world. Tiffany designs of any kind are emblematic of taste and craftsmanship, and Tiffany glass refers to far more than stained-glass windows and decorative glass objects. The iconic multimedia manufactory’s offerings include stained-glass floor lamps, chandeliers and enameled metal vases. The most recognizable and prized of its works are antique Tiffany Studios table lamps.

The name Tiffany generally prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany co-founded the former — Tiffany & Co., one of America’s most prominent purveyors of luxury goods — while his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.

Louis was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than join the family business, he studied painting with several teachers, notably the scenic painter Samuel Colman, while spending long periods touring Europe and North Africa. Though he painted his entire career, visits to continental churches sparked a passionate interest in stained glass. Tiffany began experimenting with the material and in 1875 opened a glass factory-cum-laboratory in Corona, Queens — the core of what eventually became Tiffany Studios.

In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. By 1902, along with glass, Tiffany was designing stained-glass lamps and chandeliers as well as enameled metal vases, boxes and bowls, and items such as desk sets and candlesticks. Today such pieces epitomize the rich aesthetics of their era.

The lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis. However, it was actually Clara Driscoll (1861–1944), an Ohio native and head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department for 17 years, who was the genius behind the Tiffany lamps that are most avidly sought by today’s collectors. A permanent gallery of Tiffany lamps at the New-York Historical Society celebrates the anonymous women behind the desirable fixtures.

Find antique Tiffany Studios lamps, decorative glass objects and other works on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Art-nouveau Furniture

In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.

ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
  • Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
  • Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals 
  • Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood

ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.

The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau. 

The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.

In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers. 

The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.

Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass. 

Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).

Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.

There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.

Styles to Know

Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.

How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp

Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.