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.
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Tiffany Studios Style Iridescent Favrile Glass Flower Frog
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco style iridescent favrile glass flower frog In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 4"W x 4"D x 2.5"H Very good ori...
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze Lioness
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze Lioness. The underside marked, Tiffany Studios, New York, 8(?)7. The lioness haunched over rock work. Height 1.25 in., Length 4 in.,
Bronze
$1,800
H 2.13 in W 6.38 in D 6.13 in
Tiffany Studios Zodiac Pattern Gilt Bronze Cigar Humidor or Table Box No. 1655
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Tiffany Studios box. In gilt Bronze. In the Zodiac pattern. Model no. 1655. This table box is often referred to as a cigar humidor. It also functions beautifully a...
Bronze
Bronze Limited Edition "Lioness" Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen
By Loet Vanderveen
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique bronze limited edition "Lioness" sculpture by Loet Vanderveen, circa 2000s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with a wonderful ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Favrile Glass and Bronze Trumpett Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Favrile Iridescent and Bronze Trumpet vase USA, New York. circa. 1920 Hand-blown Favrile glass, patinated bronze Height: 14.75 Inches X 6.5 Inch Diameter (37 × 17 cm...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Pulled Feather Trumpet Vase With Gilt Bronze Base
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Pulled-feather vase with mount A beautiful Pulled feather favrile glass trumpet with my favorite pink orange highlights. One of Tiffany’s iconic designs. USA, New Yor...
Bronze
A pair of Tiffany Studios Etruscan bronze Candlesticks
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
A pair of art nouveau tall and slender candlesticks, In dark and green patinated bronze. A large disc with rippled edge and swirling texture serves as the foot of the composition, f...
Bronze
$2,800
H 12 in Dm 4.5 in
20th Century Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Blown Glass Flower-Form Footed Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Tiffany Studios gold Favrile blown glass flower-form footed vase, dating to circa 1910–1915. The vase is formed with a gracefully ribbed trumpet-shaped body that flares gently at the...
Glass, Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Pulled Feather Favrile Glass Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pulled Feather Favrile Glass Vase Tiffany Studios Circa 1910 This monumental Favrile glass vase by Tiffany Studios exemplifies the artistry and innovation that defined Louis Comfort...
Art Glass
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
Tiffany Studios Favrile Glass Compote, 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
A gold iridescent Glass Compote by Tiffany Studios Favrile, realized around 1910. Market on base with acid 8482A. Very good condition.
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios New York Flower Form Favrile Glass Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York flower form Favrile glass vase is uniquely shaped roughly in the silhouette of a curled flower not yet in bloom, with a rounded, rippled rim. The vase features a green pulled-feather decoration on a cream ground, each feather-pull elegantly mimicking the natural veining and variation of hues that would be found on a young leaf or stem. The vase has an opalescent pink goblet...
Art Glass
20th Century Tiffany Studios Bronze / Iridescent Favrile Glass Trumpet Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exceptional Tiffany Studios trumpet vase, dating from circa 1910-1915, represents the finest artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Tiffany Studios workshop in New York. Craf...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Rare Iridescent Favrile Large Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios by Louis Comfort Tiffany Large Red and Gold Iridescent Floriform Glass Vase. This is a rare form and red color that will be a must addition to the discerning Tiffany ...
Art Glass
Tiffany Studios Style Iridescent Favrile Glass Flower Frog
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco style iridescent favrile glass flower frog In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 4"W x 4"D x 2.5"H Very good ori...
Art Glass
Cast Bronze Tiffany Studios Seahorse
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Windsor, NY
Tiffany Studios was producing some of the finest objet d'art at the turn of the 20th Century. A wonderfully realistic cast bronze seahorse by Tiffany Studios. The seahorse was a domi...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Blown Glass Tiffany Favrile “Peacock” Vase by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau Tiffany Favrile glass "Peacock" vase by, Tiffany Studios decorated with peacock eyes against a heavily iridescent blue peacock feather background. The vase is...
Art Glass
An Art Nouveau Tiffany Favrile "Tel El Amarna" Vase by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
A fine and rare American Art Nouveau blown Tifffany Favrile "Tel el Amarna" vase by, Tiffany Studios decorated with applied black-blue heavily iridized collar embellished with an "Egyptian" inspired "tyrian" decoration against a high glossy cobalt blue body. The vase is signed, "L.C.Tiffany - Favrile 854L" References: Similar vases are pictured in: "The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany," by Tessa Paul, New York: Exeter Books, 1987, p. 75. A vase with similar decoration is pictured in: "Tiffany at...
Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Tiffany Favrile Wheel-Carved Nasturtium Vase by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau blown glass Tiffany Favrile wheel-carved Nasturtium vase by, Tiffany Studios. The vase is round shaped and features a band of orange-red nasturtiums and green...
Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Tiffany Favrile Decorated Cypriote Vase by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau blown glass Tiffany Favrile decorated Cypriote vase by, Tiffany Studios decorated with a black-blue iridescent zig-zag pattern against an iridescent "cypriote...
Blown Glass
Three Tiffany Studios Bronze Graduating Lily Pad Dishes
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Three Tiffany Studios bronze graduating lily pad dishes All pieces marked with Tiffany Studios New York, and "1719" Measures: Largest 4" D, Medium 3.5"D x Smallest 3" D.
Bronze
Oversized Antique Tiffany Studios Bronze Figural Group Emu in Palms, circa 1900
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Big Flats, NY
Oversized antique Tiffany Studios, New York bronze figural group features emu amongst palm trees, stamped on base "Tiffany Studios New York 17 92", circa 1900 Measures- ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios "Fern" Table Mirror
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze and silvered glass "fern" table mirror. The bronze support for the mirror is decorated with vegetal motifs and fern leaves which spread out ...
Bronze
Tiffany Standing Ash Tray
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Water Mill, NY
Tiffany Studios Signed Standing Ash Tray in Original Unrestored Condition with Great Patina
Bronze
American Art Nouveau Door Knocker by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An extremely rare American American Art Nouveau bronze "door knocker" by, Tiffany Studios decorated as a wreath finished in its original gold finish. The knocker is signed, "Tiffany ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios “Marsh Marigold” Planter
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze "marsh marigold" planter, circa 1910. Similar planter pictured in "Louis C. Tiffany's Glass - Bronzes - Lamps: A complete collector's guide,...
Bronze