Tiffany Studios Boudoir Lamp with 7" Damascene Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Toledo, OH
the making. Signed LCT Favrile. The base is marked Tiffany Studios New York, 459, 10782. The lamp has
Blown Glass
LCT Tiffany Favrile, Rare Glass Shot Cup in Iridescent /Gold Glass
By Tiffany Furnaces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare glass shot, in iridescent gold glass, signed (LCT) and numbered D 451.
Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany LCT Gold Favrile Art Glass Open Salt Cellar Set
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
glass, two are a bit darker than the other two, and done with a very strong iridescence or 'favrile
Art Glass
$1,200
H 3.63 in W 4 in D 4 in
Amber "Sherbet" Favrile Glass Compote by Tiffany Signed LCT New York Circa 1905
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Incline Village, NV
Amber colored favrile art glass sherbet compote made by Tiffany Studios, circa 1905; signed "L.C.T
Glass
Tiffany Studios New York Favrile Glass Centerpiece
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
: Favrile Glass Signed: 1798 LCT Tiffany Favrile Literature: Similar centerpiece is pictured in Tiffany
Glass, Blown Glass
LCT Tiffany & Co. Art Glass Pastel Green Favrile Bowl
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Pasadena, CA
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co. art glass bowl, circa 1900. Scalloped rim with a green to yellow
Art Glass
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H 11.25 in Dm 4.25 in
LCT Tiffany Favrile Gold Iridescent Lily Pad Decanter Applied Tendrils circa1890
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
LCT Tiffany favrile gold iridescent lily pad decanter applied tendrlls, circa 1890. Applied lily
Glass
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H 2.5 in Dm 2.75 in
LCT Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Miniature Vase, Pulled Designs #A2981, c1895
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
LCT Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Miniature Vase, Pulled Designs #A2981, c1895 L.C.T. Louis
Glass
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H 19 in W 21 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Original Drawing HAND SIGNED LCT Gold Favrile Glass Art
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Bloomington, MN
is most well know for his jewelry company and beautiful favrile glass, Tiffany's talents as an artist
Graphite
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Candlestick Lamp, 1900
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
candelabra with snuffer. With asssociated LCT Favrile pulled feather glass shade in colors or gold, green
Bronze
Tiffany Studios "Favrile" Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
, plate 318; base: p. 28, plate 71. Shade signed: "LCT Favrile". Base unsigned (MG Inventory #L15567)
Tiffany Studios New York Paperweight Vase with Floral Motif
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
. 69, plate 82. Signed, "LCT Favrile 8035K". (MG #15655)
L.C.T Tiffany Favrile Tall Slender Blue Footed Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
LCT Favrile Vase. Tiffany studios, New York, #5935D. Description: WOW! More beautiful than the
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile LCT Feather Pulled Trumpet Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
The gold trumpet-form green and white feather pulled favrile glass upper vase marked L.C.T. sitting
Bronze
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H 3 in W 6.375 in D 7.25 in
Lct Tiffany Studios 2pc Favrile Art Glass Ruffled Dish and Underplate
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Atlanta, GA
A (2) two piece grouping of LCT Tiffany Studios favrile art glass including a ruffled dish and
Art Glass
Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Bowl Circa 1920 Signed LCT
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Bowl Circa 1920, Signed LCT Measures
Art Glass
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H 4.625 in Dm 2.875 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Glass Vase #1055 LCT Peacock Blue Vase C. 1900
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Atlanta, GA
**L.C. Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Glass Vase No. 1055, circa 1900** This hand-blown art glass vase
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Three Light Lily Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
(1) "L.C.T. favrile" and (2)"LCT". (h 41.5 cm.) Dimensions: 16.75 x 10.5 x 9.5 Inches Provenance
Bronze
Signed Tiffany LCT Favrile Glass Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Toledo, OH
. socket. There is a beautiful green Favrille shade with an iridized finish. It is signed, "LCT" in the
Tiffany Studios Three Light Lily Favrile and Bronze Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
STUDIOS NEW YORK 306' to underside. Condition: Favrile glass beautifully signed LCT Favrile and
Bronze
L.C.T. Tiffany Favrile Candle Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
use. Some fraying to cloth cord. Tiffany studios lct favrile art glass candle lamp signed original.
Art Glass
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H 8.5 in Dm 9.5 in
Bronze & Gold Favrile Glass Three-Light Pond Lilly Piano Lamp by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in San Diego, CA
each iridescent art glass shade is signed "LCT Favrile" (Louis Comfort Tiffany) . The lamp is
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Damascene and Bronze Harp Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
signed on the inside of the fitter “LCT Favrile”. Base is signed on the underside “Tiffany Studios New
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Damascene Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
! Shade is signed on the inside of the fitter “LCT Favrile”. Base is signed on the underside “Tiffany
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany, Favrile Art Glass Goblet LCT Marked
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Atlanta, GA
–1933), is a remarkable example of Favrile glass, the innovative hand-blown art glass pioneered by
Art Glass
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H 4.25 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Lct Tiffany Studios Favrile Feather Pulled Art Glass Vase / Now Goblet
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful antique LCT Tiffany Studios favrile art glass feather pulled vase that has been cut
Art Glass
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H 3 in Dm 6.75 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Bowl Blue Iridescent Favrile Glass Bowl Signed LCT 1905
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Tiffany Iridescent blue glass "Favrile" bowl, circa 1905. The bowl of a very
Art Glass
LCT Tiffany Favrile Ruffle Mini Vessel /Salt Cellar, Gold/ Iridescent Glass
By Tiffany Furnaces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful miniature vessel /salt cellar in iridescent glass, and ruffle edges. Signed ( L.C.T ).
Art Glass
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H 1.13 in Dm 2.63 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany LCT Favrile Glass Antique Bowl Signed Marked Circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful favrile glass bowl by Louis Comfort Tiffany. This piece is signed with initials, L.C.T
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
L.C. Tiffany Black Favrile Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
decoration. Signed 0509 LCT Favrile.
Art Glass
Harp table lamp by Tiffany Studios
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraved signature to shade: [LCT Favrile]. Impressed signature to base: [Tiffany Studios New York
Bronze
Harp table lamp by Tiffany Studios
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraved signature to shade: [LCT Favrile]. Impressed signature to base: [Tiffany Studios New York
Bronze
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H 12.5 in W 4 in D 4 in
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Vase with Enameled Bronze Dore Mount
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
texture and is signed LCT Favrile at the base of the glass. The bronze "Dore" mount hand enameled and
Bronze
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H 14.25 in W 5 in D 3 in
Antique Original Signed LC Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Feather LCT Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Gallatin, TN
Large Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile vase Crafted by the L. C. Tiffany Studios of fine
Art Glass
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H 5.25 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Early Decorated Favrile Art Glass Vase LCT 1894
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Tiffany Vase SOLD Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), one of the most creative and prolific designers of the late 19th-century, declared that his life-long goal was “the pursuit of b...
Art Glass
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Cordial Art Glass #4
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
"thumb" pushed indentations on four sides. Signed on the underneath "LCT Favrile" and dating circa 1900
Art Glass
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H 3.5 in Dm 7.75 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Compote Footed Dish, LCT circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
round foot. Signed on the underneath "LCT Favrile" and dating circa 1910. Compote is in excellent
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Prunts" Bowl, LCT circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
the underneath "LCT Favrile" dating circa 1910. The iridescence on this bowl is strong and clean with
Art Glass
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H 2.25 in Dm 4.75 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Queen" Berry Bowl, LCT circa 1900
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
" pattern bowl features a fluted edge with "ribbed" decoration and is signed on the underneath "LCT Favrile
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Rare Blue Favrile Art Glass "Queen" Bowl, LCT circa 1900
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this very rare Louis Comfort Tiffany blue Favrile iridescent art glass bowl. This "Queen
Art Glass
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H 2.25 in Dm 4.75 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Queen" Berry Bowl, LCT circa 1902
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
underneath "LCT Favrile" dating circa 1902. The shape of this bowl is extra organic, with undulating ribbons
Art Glass
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H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Cordial / Toothpick Gold Favrile Art Glass #1
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass cordial glass that
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H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Cordial, Toothpick Gold Favrile Art Glass #3
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass cordial glass that
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H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Cordial / Toothpick Gold Favrile Art Glass #2
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass cordial glass that
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H 2 in Dm 1.5 in
LCT Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile "Pig Tail" Cordial Gold Favrile Art Glass 1900
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass cordial glass that
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Goblet - LCT 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass stem goblet. This
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H 4.25 in W 3 in D 3 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Cabinet Vase, LCT, circa 1898
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Cabinet Vase, LCT, circa 1906
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Fluted" Salt, LCT circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass salt dish. This
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Footed Vase, LCT, circa 1906
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this delightful Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass footed vase. This
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H 2.5 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Decorated Opal Bowl, LCT circa 1915
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile and opalescent decorated iridescent art
Art Glass, Opaline Glass
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H 10.15 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Footed Floriform Vase, LCT, 1905
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this delightful Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass footed floriform
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H 1.25 in Dm 2.25 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Cauldron" Salt, LCT circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass salt dish. This
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Fluted" Salt, LCT circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass salt dish. This
Art Glass
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H 2.5 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Cinched Cabinet Vase, LCT circa 1919
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
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H 3.25 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Melon Cabinet Vase, LCT, circa 1919
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Cinched Cabinet Vase, LCT circa 1913
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Cinched Cabinet Vase - LCT circa 1913
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass cabinet vase. This
Art Glass
Large Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass Vase, LCT, circa 1915
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this large Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass vase. This vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Large Gold Favrile Art Glass Serving Bowl LCT 1918
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this nice size Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass serving bowl. This
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Blue Favrile Art Glass Vase LCT Rare Color 1913
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this outstanding, ribbed Louis Comfort Tiffany blue Favrile iridescent art glass vase
Art Glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany Gold Favrile Art Glass "Flared" Dish, LCT circa 1920
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this diminutive Louis Comfort Tiffany gold Favrile iridescent art glass dish. This "flared
Art Glass
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...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp All I can say is these are the yummiest and most desirable blues in the Tiffany Studios candy store. Circa 1915. New York, NY. USA Leaded glass, g...
Bronze
Émile Gallé small Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé small Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900 Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer Émile Gallé 20 cm high footed Cameo vase made in...
Glass
Iridescent Art Nouveau Monumental Beetle Vase by Delphin Massier
By Delphin Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Earthenware
$40,878
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$5,500
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Ruby Papillon Glass And Gilt Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Gilt Metal Monted Glass Vase. A highly sought after vase culminating the zenith of Loetz and the Art Nouveau design. Czech Republic Circa 1900 Rubin Ruby P...
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene" Favrile Glass Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This arresting Damascene Favrile Glass Vase bears a swirling pattern of blue and purple iridescence and ochre glass. The vase's pattern is based upon Damascus steel, whereby near eas...
Glass
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Tiffany Studios, Unique Art Glass Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
$11,178
H 29.53 in Dm 23.63 in
Art Nouveau Lamp, Patinated Bronze and Stained Glass, Tiffany style, 1980's
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We are delighted to offer this stunning Art Nouveau style salon lamp, a faithful reinterpretation of the "Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base" model created b...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Daisy Makeig-Jones Fairyland Wedgwood Lustre Vase
By Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, Wedgwood, Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones ca. 1920 and decorated with the 'Castle on a Road' pattern. Daisy Makeig-Jones is best known for the Fairyland Lustre...
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré Counterbalance Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze counterbalance desk lamp or table lamp By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside of base) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Gi...
Bronze
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...
Bronze
$4,589
H 19.69 in W 13 in D 5.52 in
Art Nouveau Table Clock by Christian Ferdinand Morawe, Gustav Becker Clockwork
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Nouveau table clock, Gustav Becker clockwork, designed by Christian Ferdinand Morawe This exquisite table clock comes from the Art Nouveau era and is characterized by its artis...
Mahogany
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. ...
Bronze
$8,900
H 11.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Art Nouveau "Vase with Swirling Water Dragon" by Stellmacher for RStK Amphora
By Eduard Stellmacher, Amphora
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Earthenware
$4,995
H 17.5 in W 9.38 in D 5.75 in
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Harp Desk Lamp With Favrile Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze harp desk lamp or table lamp By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside of base) New York, USA, Early 20th C...
Bronze
Louis Comfort Tiffany was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Beyond glass, he worked in mediums that ranged from furniture and enameling to ceramics and metalware, with his Tiffany Studios producing highly collectible table lamps, vases, serveware and other objects.
The name Tiffany prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. Charles Lewis Tiffany founded the former, and his son, Louis, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
By the time Louis Comfort Tiffany was born, the stationery and “fancy goods” emporium his father had established 11 years before had grown to become the most fashionable jewelry and luxury items store in New York. Tiffany fils declined to join the family business and pursued a career as an artist. 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, a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory.
Tiffany developed a method in which colors were blended together in the molten state. Recalling the Old English word fabrile, meaning “hand-wrought,” he named the blown glass Favrile, a term that signified handmade glass of unique quality. In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. The pieces won Tiffany international fame. (Siegfried Bing, the Paris entrepreneur whose design store, L’Art Nouveau, gave the stylistic movement its name, was the leading European importer of Tiffany pieces.)
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.
Antique Tiffany Studios table lamps are the most recognizable and the most prized. They range in price from $60,000 to upward of $2 million for intricate shade designs like the Dragonfly. Tiffany glass vases and bowls are generally priced from $1,000 to $30,000 depending on size, color, condition and form. Simpler accessories such as metal trays and small picture frames can fetch from $800 to $3,000. Tiffany design of any type is an emblem of taste and craftsmanship. As you will see on 1stDibs, Louis Comfort Tiffany ensured that each piece he and his company produced, magnificent or modest, was a work of art.
Find Louis Comfort Tiffany vases, serveware and other items on 1stDibs.
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
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.