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Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

American, 1848-1933

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.

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Creator: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Art Glass Salt Cellars, Set of Three
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of three Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass finger bowls or salt cellars with ruffled edges By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios...
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1910s American Art Deco Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Art Glass Floriform Bowl
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass floriform bowl with flared and ruffled edge By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios (signed to the u...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Art Glass Bowl With Scalloped Edge
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass bowl with scalloped edge By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside) New York...
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1910s American Art Deco Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Favrile Bronze Doré and Enamel Footed Center Bowl
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze footed center dish or tazza with enameled jewel decoration By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. (signed to the underside) ...
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1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel

Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Art Glass Ruffled Edge Finger Bowl
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period Favrile iridescent art glass finger bowl with underplate By Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany Studios (both pieces signed to the under...
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1910s American Art Deco Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Favrile Bronze Doré Handled Centerpiece Bowl
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze footed centerpiece bowl with handles By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. (signed to the underside) New York, USA, 1920s ...
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1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Lime Green Favrile Glass Fruit Bowl by Tiffany (marked); New York, Circa 1910
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lime green colored favrile art glass fruit bowl made by Tiffany Studios, circa 1910; marked on the underneath "Tiffany Registered Trademark Favrile Glass" (see image). It is in very ...
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1910s North American Art Nouveau Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass

L C Tiffany Opal Miniature Handled Favrile Glass Vase -fully signed c1920
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A rare opal Louis Comfort Tiffany, signed, two handled miniature vase. Signed '27 - 4925N L C Tiffany - Favrile' around the base dating it to just after WW1 -alas the signature is v...
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1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Large Bronze Picture Frame, 1920s
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Furnaces
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous English traditional bronze picture frame featuring a motif of knights, crests, and heraldic symbols By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. New York, USA, 1920s Measures...
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1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Favrile Bronze Doré and Enamel Bowl
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze bowl with enameled jewel decoration By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. (signed to the underside) New York, USA, 1920s Measur...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Favrile Bronze Doré and Enamel Charger Plate
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze charger plate with enameled jewel decoration By Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Inc. (signed to the underside) New York, USA,...
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1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel

Louis Comfort Tiffany L.C.T. Favrile Decorated Cup
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful L.C.T. gold Favrile champagne or sorbet glass cup with engraved grape clusters and wine leaves. Engraved signature: “L.C.T. Favrile” Measures: Height 3.4 Inches, diamet...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany LCT Gold Favrile Art Glass Open Salt Cellar Set
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four art glass open salt cellars were made by the iconic American glass maker Louis Comfort Tiffany in circa 1890 in the period Victorian ...
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Thistle Goblets, Rare Gilded Bronze Pieces by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1907
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed to celebrate the opening of the Engineers Club in New York City in 1907, by Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany and Company, the firm founded by his father, this rare and lustrous pair of bronze goblets demonstrate the artistry and gorgeous workmanship of Tiffany and his bronze foundry. The construction of the Club was largely funded by Andrew Carnegie...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Favrile Glass Candle Shades Pair Iridescent Gold Original 1900
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Glenford, NY
Two premier quality Tiffany Favrile Glass Candle Shades in iridescent gold with a soft honey comb design. Both shades are signed L.C.T. and are in perfect condition. Shades measure...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass

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 underplate. Each piece has a onion skin style appearance and wonderful iridescent color...
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Early 20th Century American Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Trumpet Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile trumpet vase, 1908 Marks: 32565C L.C. Tiffany-Favrile, (applied paper label) Dimensions: Height: 16.5 inches (41....
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Art Glass

Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Glass Goblet
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis Comfort Tiffany iridescent and gold favrile glass goblet. Paper label on base. Dimensions: 9.75"H x 3.5"D.
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1910s American Vintage Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass

Ten Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile Water Goblets with Rare Cut Decoration
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1905-10, American, by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Offered is a set of ten Louis Comfort Tiffany hand-blown favrile water goblets with a masterfully cut g...
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Early 1900s American Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Blown Glass

Tiffany Studios New York Set of Favrile Glass Cups and Cordials
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
Two cups of intricate design and six cordials glasses make up this set by Tiffany Studios New York. All in golden hues, the receptacles are imbued with radiant flashes of iridescen...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass

Tiffany Studios New York "Peacock" Favrile Glass and Bronze Mirror
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
A common theme in the Tiffany Studios New York oeuvre, the peacock motif, as can be seen in this exquisite "Peacock" mirror, was a well-loved and oft-used theme. Featuring a finely s...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Geometric" Chandelier
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite 12-sided chandelier, crafted by Tiffany Studios New York, is a striking example of early 20th-century American design and craftsmanship. Suspended elegantly by six pat...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Plain Squares" Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
The plain squares pattern from Tiffany Studios features columns of emerald glass rectangles, arranged with precision to mirror the intricate veining observed in insect wings. The fus...
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Early 20th Century American Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Greek Key" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
An alluring and visually rewarding example of Tiffany Studios New York's great "Greek Key" table lamp. Mottled glass in hues of warm amber and bright sunshine yellow soften the wonde...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York Favrile Glass Centerpiece
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York centerpiece, features deep-blue green iridescent Favrile glass, decorated with a iridescent green leaf and vine decoration. The charming piece features ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass, Blown Glass

Tiffany Studios New York Favrile Glass Centerpiece
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York centerpiece, features deep-blue green iridescent Favrile glass, decorated with a iridescent green leaf and vine decoration. The charming piece features ...
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Early 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Glass, Blown Glass

Pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Globe" Glass and Bronze Chandeliers
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This enchanting pair of Tiffany Studios New York "hanging globe" chandeliers are composed of two reticulated glass shades. Tiffany’s idea of blowing glass through openwork bronze had evolved in the 1890s with a series of Byzantine revival fuel lamps. The technique was popularized by 19th-century Muranese Glassmakers Salvati as a derivation of the Ancient Roman cage cup (vasa diatreta). In the 4th century, Roman glassmakers encased blown glass vessels in a delicate cage of glass. In Tiffany’s version, glass is blown through an ogival pattern cage. Originating in 11th-century Byzantine textiles, the ogival pattern became established in Italy, Ottoman Turkey, North Africa, and as far west as the Balkans. Product Details: Item #: L-20851 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 7.5” length, 18" length (with chain) Materials: Favrile Glass, bronze Literature: A similar example is pictured in Tiffany Lamps and Metalware by Alastair Duncan, pg 290, illustration number 135. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Tiffany’s globe...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Desk Blotter Ends
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of gilt bronze “Zodiac” desk blotter ends by Tiffany Studios New York. The blotter ends each feature intricate pseudo-Celtic patterning intersperse...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel

Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene Harp" Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This desk lamp by Tiffany Studios, dating from circa 1910, features a damascene favrile glass shade on an adjustable patinated bronze harp base. With dichroi...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Newell Post" Favrile Glass Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
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”...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York Enameled Copper "Olive" Covered Box
By Stonebridge Glass Co., Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York covered box by Louis Comfort Tiffany, covered with an enamel "Olive" motif, was executed by the Enamelware Department of The Stonebridge Glass Company in New York. The stoic composition is primarily composed of richly enameled copper, with the cover and body of this rare piece sharing decoration of subtly-hued olives, with purple-brown copper branches and deep green leaves. While the rarity of the object itself makes it an incredibly collectible item, the easy beauty of the composition also makes it an instant treasure. Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Circa: 1905 Dimensions: 5.25" height, 6.5" diameter Materials: Repoussé copper, Enamel and counter enamel Signed: "Louis C. Tiffany and impressed SC 332" Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, Private Collection, circa 1965, thence by descent to the present owners Literature: Box pictured in Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: The Nash Notebooks, by Martin Eidelberg and Nancy McClelland, New York, 2001, pp. 21 and 178 (for the model executed in pottery); Box also pictured in Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 466 (for the model executed in pottery) and p. 471 (for the model executed in bronze pottery)
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Copper

Tiffany Studios New York "Gentian" Flared Table Lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York "Gentian" table lamp sports a special flared shade, comprised of an exciting and unique composition of floral Gentian flower stalks of leaded green, blu...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Plafonnier
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Tiffany Studios "Vine Border" plafonnier features a striking yellow ochre shade with a grape leaf frieze. The vine border pattern was commonly found on Greek red-figure...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York 7-Piece "Pond Lily" Desk Set
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany Studios’ Pond Lily Desk Set is a rare model, with only three extant sets known. The set is decorated with a dazzling array of lily pads, lily buds, dragonflies, and moths. The dragonfly and moth was a leitmotif of the Art Nouveau, but Louis Tiffany encountered the creatures and explored their form and significance throughout his childhood and artistic life, beginning as a youngster who sketched au plein air in the woods and wetlands surrounding his father’s summer house. At his Laurelton Hall estate, an artwork of nature coaxed into form over decades, Tiffany observed these insects in the teeming saltwater marshes and wetlands of Oyster Bay. The crown jewel of his Laurelton Hall garden was a water lily pond filled with varieties of colored water lilies, a novelty that debuted at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. Tiffany proceeded to make a series of designs based on the pond lily which he displayed to much acclaim in the 1902 Turin Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna. Product Details: Item #: T-21399 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1905 Materials: Patinated Bronze Signed: blotter ends, inkstand, calendar frame, pen tray and rocker blotter each impressed "Tiffany Studios New York"; the inkstand, pen tray, rocker blotter and blotter ends further impressed with firm's respective model numbers Literature: Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture

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Bronze

Louis Comfort Tiffany furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Louis Comfort Tiffany furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Louis Comfort Tiffany were created in the Art Nouveau style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Black, Starr & Frost, Alvin Corporation, and Spaulding & Company. Prices for Louis Comfort Tiffany furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $295 and can go as high as $1,650,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,788.
Questions About Louis Comfort Tiffany Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    Yes, Tiffany lamps and Tiffany jewelry are related. Tiffany & Co. was established in Connecticut in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young. Charles had launched the company’s famed catalogue, the Blue Book, and, with it, the firm’s signature robin’s-egg blue in 1845. In 1853, Tiffany and Young shifted their focus to fine jewelry. At the start of the Gilded Age, in 1870, Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship store at 15 Union Square West in Manhattan. While Tiffany & Co. gained renown all over the world for its designs for silver tableware, ceremonial silver and other objects, its jewelry was also a highly sought-after indicator of status and taste. Upon Charles’s death in 1902, his son Louis Comfort Tiffany took over artistic direction for the brand. Earlier, in 1885, Louis had founded the Tiffany Glass Company, a glassmaking firm, that began producing the lamps commercially in 1895. It evolved into Tiffany Studios in 1902. Louis brought his decorative eye inspired by nature to the Tiffany stained-glass lamps as well as organic jewelry designs. Explore a large collection of Tiffany lamps and Tiffany & Co. jewelry on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 20, 2024
    The difference between Tiffany glass and stained glass is that one relates to a brand and the other is a type of glass. Stained glass is colorful glass made by adding metallic oxides to molten glass during the blowing process. Named after Louis Comfort Tiffany who established Tiffany Studios, Tiffany glass involves a technique where copper foil, rather than the traditional lead oxide, serves as the joining material for individual stained glass pieces. Another key characteristic of Tiffany glass is that it often has an opalescent effect that creates variations in color and texture across its surface. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Tiffany glass and other stained glass pieces.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    Yes, Tiffany glass is real glass. Louis Comfort Tiffany and his workshop, Tiffany Studios, produced many types of decorative glassware, such as opalescent glass, Favrile glass, streamer glass, fracture glass and ripple glass. While the colors, patterns, thicknesses and other characteristics of these materials vary, they are all forms of glass. Find a diverse assortment of antique Tiffany lamps on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Louis Comfort Tiffany is most famous for producing stained glass. In addition to creating windows, he used the material to create lamps and decorative objects. Tiffany also designed jewelry, and the company he led, Tiffany & Co., is now a leading name in luxury jewelry. Find a collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany furniture, art and jewelry on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Louis Comfort Tiffany’s favrile glass is said to be special because of the deep incandescent colors, which are reminiscent of a butterfly’s wing or a peacock’s neck. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic favrile glass pieces from some of the world’s top sellers.

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