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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Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios New York Patinated Bronze-Favrile Glass Floor Lamp
By Tiffany & Co., Tiffany Studios
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...
Bronze
$58,000 / set
Art Nouveau Tiffany Studios Six Light Lily Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An extremely rare and monumental pair of Decorated Six Light “Lily” wall sconces by, Tiffany Studios. Each sconce is finished in its original gilt bronze finish and each sconce furt...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Gilt Bronze Harp Desk Lamp, circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period harp desk lamp By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th century Gilt bronze, with beautiful...
Alabaster, Bronze
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...
Bronze
Pair Art Nouveau Brass Wall Sconces
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Liberty style wall sconces in brass with double candle holders on each sconce. The rich flower decoration is typical for this period of the early 20th Century in Europe, were...
Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze And favrile Harp Table lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze And Favrile Glass Harp Table Lamp. Circa 1910, period Art Nouveau Art Deco Patinated bronze and Iridescent favrile glass Height: 13....
Bronze
$2,895
H 24.5 in Dm 22.5 in
Tiffany Style Seven Light Lily Lamp Favrille Glass Base Signed Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous colorful glass shades and in the base also. Hand crafted in bronze this seven light Lily lamp will undoubtedly enhance your room. Stamped Tiffany Studios New York. In excell...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Style Art Nouveau Bronze Counterbalance Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau or Arts & Crafts desk lamp or table lamp In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Circa Mid-20th Century Bronze base, with gorgeous Louis Comfort Tiffany style...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Flower Form Art Glass Sconces... Matching Pair
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a very rich looking pair of sconces. The teardrop art glass shades have a hanging raised and hand painted green leaf pattern over a mat amber background. These look just as g...
Art Glass
Muller Frères Pair of Art Nouveau Wall Sconces
By Muller Frères
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of Art Nouveau wall sconces, circa 1910. Gilt brass mount, pâte de verre shades signed Muller Frères Luneville. Wired, E14 socket. Small screw-in bulbs. In perfect condition. ...
Brass
Pair of Art Nouveau Wall Sconces
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Brass Art Nouveau Wall Sconces, c1900 Stylistic Brass Back Plates Supporting Dangling Milk Glass Shades - 6" w x 9"d x 12"h - all lights and lamps have been rewired with auth...
Brass
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
Tiffany Studios New York Gilt Bronze Three-Light Lily Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze three-light "Lily" desk lamp or table lamp By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside) New York, USA, Early 20th Ce...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York "Seven Light Lily" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York glass and bronze "Seven Light Lily" table lamp, features seven golden iridescent Favrile glass "Lily" shades on individual bronze stems extending upward...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Pair of "Caged Lantern" Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This refined pair of caged lantern sconces features leaf-shaped backplates adorned with elegant palmette hooks. The heat caps are encircled by a decorative frieze of flame-like palme...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Pair of "Three-Light Lily" Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A refined interpretation of Tiffany Studios New York’s celebrated Lily design, this matching pair of “Three-Light Lily” wall sconces features golden Favrile glass blossoms that cast ...
Bronze
American Art Nouveau Double Arm Wall Sconces by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
A fine pair of American Art Nouveau cast bronze and glass Tiffany Studios "Double Arm" Sconces by, Tiffany Studios each decorated with two blown Tiffany Favrile decorated "Pulled Fea...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios Double Shield "Diamond" Two-Armed Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze and Favrile glass two-armed sconces with opalescent multi-hued shields. Each shield is comprised of three leaded glass oval panels...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Three-Light Lily" Wall Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Three-Light Lily" patinated bronze sconces with gold favrile shades. The fetching sconces are made visually interesting by the unusual decision to...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Three-Light Tulip" Wall Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze and favrile glass "Three-Light Tulip" sconces. The shades are iridescent gold in color, circa 1910. Similar sconces are picture...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Turtleback Tile" Wall Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Turtleback Tile" sconces, circa 1900. Similar sconces are pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 model...
Nautillus Lamp in Bronze by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nautilus table lamp by Tiffany Studios in bronze with wishbone shaped base. A metal Loop on base allows this to be wall hung as well. Stamped o...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios New York Two-Arm Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Two-Light Lily" Favrile glass and patinated bronze sconces. Provenance: Private collection, Barbados, circa 1900. A similar pair is featured i...
Pair of Art Nouveau Sconces by, Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
A pair of American Art Nouveau bronze and glass sconces by, Tiffany Studios decorated with iridescent gold Tiffany Favrile "king tut" decorated shades with wave decoration a top a pa...
Bronze
Pair of Tiffany Studios "Three-Light Lily" Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Tiffany Studios New York "Three-Light Lily" sconces. Circa 1925 Similar sconces are pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 mode...
Tiffany Studios New York Double Arm Wall Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A set of two double armed patinated bronze gold Favrile "Tulip" sconces. Circa 1900. A similar sconce is pictured in: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated referen...