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14″ Daffodil on Mushroom Base

14″ Daffodil on Mushroom Base

This week we completed a 14″ Daffodil for a local client. If it appears that we have been showing a lot of these shades lately, it is because we have had multiple orders for this design from different clients. Sometimes these things go in runs, and each of the lamps has been approached fresh with…

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Lamp of the Week: 22″ Dogwood

Lamp of the Week: 22″ Dogwood

This 22″ Dogwood shade was created as a showroom piece in 2001. It was purchased by a local client to use as a chandelier over her dining room table. In 2011, we retrofitted the shade to become an inverted chandelier when the client moved to a new home. The white, pink, and green tones of…

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Tudor Window Project

Tudor Window Project

This set of three windows was recently commissioned by a local client for a bathroom in their Tudor-style home. Illustrating subjects chosen by our clients, each of the four pictorial insets were hand painted and kiln fired by Bill Campbell. The insets provide the opportunity to create your own story while soaking in the tub!

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Lamp of the Week: 16″ Dogwood

Lamp of the Week: 16″ Dogwood

The 16″ Dogwood shade is covered with mature blossoms. This piece has a subtle coloration of light pinks, blues and greens. The shade is shown on the Swamp Flower base. Both shade and base were created at Century Studios in 2001 for our showroom and are in a local collection.

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16″ Fish

16″ Fish

The 16″ Fish shade is one of our favorite Tiffany Studios shade designs. The shade shows a school of five Koi gently swimming in a pond, weaving amongst plant life. With their elegant swirling bodies and filigreed fins and tails, the fish form a rhythmic design across the surface of the shade. In many cultures,…

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Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

Lamp of the Week: 20″ Poppy

One of our most popular lamp patterns is the 20″ Poppy. The scale of the shade allows it to be used as a table lamp, chandelier fixture, or small floor lamp. Commissioned in 2005, the red and yellow flowers on this shade are set against a colorful blue background. Adding to excitement of this design…

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20″ Dragonfly

20″ Dragonfly

Dragonfly lamps were always Tiffany Studios most popular designs. These distinctive patterns are available in multiple shapes and sizes. Since the pattern is somewhat abstract – dragonflies flying above an unspecified background – the color combinations for these shades is unlimited. The multicolored background of this 20″ Dragonfly was cut from a five color, granite…

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Window of the Week: Proserpine

Window of the Week: Proserpine

In Greek and Roman mythology, the goddess Proserpine was carried off to the Hades by Pluto, who married her despite her love for Adonis. When her father Ceres begged Jupiter to return his daughter to Earth, he agreed provided that she had not eaten any fruit in the Underworld. Since Proserpine had eaten six pomegranate…

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14″ Daffodil

14″ Daffodil

Daffodils were Louis Comfort Tiffany’s favorite flower, so it comes as no surprise that there are many Tiffany daffodil shades in multiple sizes and shapes. The 14″ Daffodil is the smallest of the various daffodil shade designs we create. Our client requested a vibrant color palette with sunlit daffodils against a blue sky. The rippled…

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Lamp of the Week: 22″ Greek Key

Lamp of the Week: 22″ Greek Key

Used throughout ancient Greece as a decorative element on architecture, clothing and weaponry, the “Greek Key” motif actually predates the Greeks. The design can be found adorning Egyptian tombs, ancient Peruvian weaving, Chinese buildings, and on Aztec sculpture. It was the Greeks however, who made the design their own. As a symbol of infinity and…

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