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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Stickley Brothers Antique Early American Country Cottage Lacquered Wall Mirror
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique American Colonial or Country Cottage style wall mirror By Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1920s Solid maple frame, in original green lacquered and gold gilt finish...
Mirror, Maple, Lacquer
$1,500
H 47 in W 23.5 in D 3.5 in
Antique American Federal Mahogany Reverse Painted Eagle Trumeau Wall Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique American Federal Mahogany Reverse Painted Eagle Trumeau Wall Mirror. Circa Mi...
Glass, Mahogany
$350Sale Price|30% Off
H 25.5 in W 1.25 in D 17.75 in
Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Wall Vanity Mirror 26"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique American Empire style rectangular wall mirror featuring a beveled frame of flame mahogany. Holes in sides indicate the mirror was once used as part of a shaving stand or dres...
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique Giltwood Wall Mirror, Early 20th Century
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian gilt wood framed mirror with foliate border USA, Circa Early 20th Century Measures: 17"W x 1.75"D x 20.75"H. Good original vintage condition.
Mirror, Giltwood
$760Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.5 in W 36.5 in D 5 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Stickley Brothers School Oak Hall Mirror & Hat Hooks c1910
By Stickley Brothers
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Stickley Brothers School Oak Hall Mirror & Hat Hooks c1910 Measures- 24.5''H x 36.5''W x 5''D An antique Arts & Crafts oak hall mirror with hat hooks, in the ma...
Mirror, Oak
$1,900
H 33.5 in W 23 in D 3 in
Early 19th Century American Empire Mahogany and Gilt Ogee Wall Mirror.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Early 19th Century American Empire Mahogany and Gilt Ogee Wall Mirror. American Empire Period mahogany wood and gilt ogee wall mirror. The early 19th century mirror is in untouched...
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
Japanese Antique Mirror, Antique Wall Mirror（2）
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A large mirror with curved, chamfered edges resembling kamaboko. This is a beautiful single piece of wood mirror that has aged to develop a rich expression and a modern feel. The mi...
Wood
Early 20th Century Wall Mirror - Lacquered Black Oval Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th Century Wall Mirror - Lacquered Black Oval Frame Enhance your space with this exquisite early 20th-century wall mirror, featuring a stunning lacquered black oval frame, c...
Lacquer
$900
H 30 in W 26.25 in D 1 in
1970 Early American Traditional Maple Wood Rectangle Wall Mirror Moosehead
By Lane Furniture
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional Early American Maple Wood Wall Mirror made by Vintage Moosehead Furniture. Moosehead is known for heavy Maple and New England B...
Mirror, Maple
Antique Early American Federal Mahogany & Gilt Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique Federal deep mahogany framed wall mirror with stunning carved frame with reeding, and original gold gilt fillet insert. Beautiful mahogany wood grain, quality American crafts...
Mahogany, Giltwood
Friedman Brothers French Empire Style Wall Mirror
By Friedman Brothers
Located in Toledo, OH
Wall mirror by Friedman Brothers featuring a black and gold carved giltwood frame with a leaf and scroll design on top, and beveled glass. 28 1/2" wide x 46" tall.
Glass
Japanese Antique Mirror, Antique Wall Mirror
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A large mirror with curved, chamfered edges resembling kamaboko. This is a beautiful single piece of wood mirror that has aged to develop a rich expression and a modern feel. The mi...
Wood
$940Sale Price|30% Off
H 20.48 in W 18.51 in D 1.97 in
Antique Gilt Overmantle Wall Mirror Early 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality gilt overmantle or wall mirror early 19th Century. Could be hung in portrait or landscape. An impressive find, that would look amazing in the right location. No lo...
Giltwood
Sold
H 20.5 in W 11.75 in D 7 in
Antique Neoclassical Tiffany Studios Bronze Figural Mirror Candle Sconces
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of antique neoclassical candle wall sconces by Tiffany Studios feature scroll and foliate pierced cast bronze frames with regal crown form crest above cherub mask with bevelled ...
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 Studios “Peacock” Table Mirror
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze, favrile glass and silvered glass "peacock" table mirror. Pictured in Louis C. Tiffany: Galerie Art Focus, Max Kohler...
Tiffany Studios Bronze “Lily Pad” Mirror
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York patinated bronze “Lily Pad” dressing mirror with a lily pad base and twisted vine frame. (MG# T-14671) Pictured in “Tiffa...
Bronze