1stDibs ExpertAugust 14, 2024
No,
Tiffany Studios no longer makes lamps. On the secondhand market, antique
Tiffany Studios table lamps and other
decorative glass objects are the most recognizable and prized of the manufactory’s works.
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 studio’s offerings include stained-glass
floor lamps,
chandeliers and enameled metal
vases.
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 Comfort Tiffany was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And while the lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis, 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.
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