Lamp of the Week: 16" Turtleback

A classic Tiffany Studios design, the 16" Turtleback shade features a band of hand cut "turtleback" tiles against a geometric ground. The simplicity of the design is enhanced by the jewel like quality of the turtleback band. The shade is perfectly complimented by the Square Turtleback base which is illuminated from within. This lamp was created in 2014 and was acquired at that time by a West Coast client.

18" Oriental Poppy, Part 1

We have been making progress on an 18" Oriental Poppy shade for a client. Here is one section on the light table. The unusual spaces in the pattern are there so the pieces will fit snugly together when placed onto the dome shaped form.

Bill Campbell is busy foiling a section of the lamp.

For this shade, the section is repeated three times. 

Once all the pieces have been foiled, Irwin Terry transfers them one by one onto a Fiberglas lamp form that has been coated with our house made tacky wax. 

After all the pieces were fit onto the form, Irwin began soldering the shade. The completed lamp will be shown on a later post.

Lamp of the Week: 14" Arrowhead

The 14" Arrowhead is a compact shade that works well as an accent or bedside table lamp. Because of its stylized look, at first glance this Tiffany Studios design appears to be an abstract interpretation of natural subject when in fact it is a factual representation of a flowering water plant. Due to the distinctive shape of its leaves, the Arrowhead plant was a favorite motif of Arts & Crafts era designers and has become commonly known as "Arrowroot", a completely different species of plant that bears no physical resemblance to the plant depicted on the shade. The shade is shown on the Zodiac base (total lamp height 17"). This lamp was commissioned by a local client in 2020.

The lightly mottled green glass chosen for the leaves is gently streaked with amber yellow. The blue toned sky plays against the hints of red mixed with green in the lower background. Green upper and lower border rows tie all of the colors together, while the white flowers with bright yellow centers give the shade a pop of color.

 

18" Oak Leaf

The 18" Oak Leaf is a generously proportioned shade with a wide border of swirling leaves and acorns. Shown on the Decorated Library w/Arms base (total lamp height 25.5"), this impressive lamp is currently available for purchase from our studio showroom.

Note: Since posting, this lamp has sold and is no longer available.

The glass for this shade is a richly mottled, two toned woody amber that is cozy and welcoming. Culled from our extensive glass library, the glass used for this shade is from a line called Circa 1900 which was made by the Youghiogheny Glass Company and has been discontinued for years.

The decorative band is bookended between upper and lower sections of formal geometric glass tiles. Arranged in formal vignettes around the shade, the swirling symmetry of the leaves and acorns evokes the changing of the seasons. 

The shade can be used with an number of different lamp bases and is shown here on the elegant Library base (22.5" tall). 

Lamp of the Week: 17" Bat Variation

The 17" Bat - 6 Bat Variation shade has six bats clustered in flight. This shade is a variation on the 17" Bat lamp which features three bats flying against a night sky. Tiffany Studios created this variation by filling the sky portions of the standard three bat shade with additional bat bodies. When viewed from above, the wing tips of the six bats are intertwined in a kaleidoscopic effect.. Due to the extra bats vying for attention, this shade has almost no sky showing and the there are no stars present. The shade is shown on the Bat Stemmed Mosaic base (18" tall).  This lamp was commissioned by a client in North Carolina in 2015.

New Metalwork

Century Studios is pleased to introduce several new pieces to our line of reproduction bases and metalwork. 

Tiffany Studios designed three caps to go with the Bamboo Bases. With the addition of the 3" Bamboo Cap we now offer a full range of  Bamboo Caps and Bases. The three cap sizes are: 3" Bamboo (pictured right in the photo), 5" Bamboo (pictured left), and 6" (pictured top). All three caps are lost wax cast and are heavy, detailed castings.

These caps give the finishing touch to our selection of reproduction Tiffany bamboo lamp bases. The bases include (from left to right) the small Bamboo Table base (23" tall) for 16" shades. The large Bamboo Table base (27" tall) for 22" to 24" shades. The Bamboo Junior Floor base (60" tall, permanent 5" wheel) for 22" to 24" shades. The Bamboo Senior Floor base (64" tall, permanent 6"wheel) for 24" to 28" shades.

We are also pleased to introduce a new base to our line, the Decorated Trumpet with Arms. This is an elaborate variation of the Decorated Trumpet base. This base has an armset that holds an 18" shade.

The Decorated Trumpet (pictured left) is 22" tall. The Decorated Trumpet w/arms (pictured right) is 18" to the arms (total lamp height will vary depending on the shade).

Lamp of the Week: 24" Parasol

The 24" Parasol is one of the largest Tiffany reproduction geometric shades we offer. The simplicity of the design is accentuated by the flat metal rim which underlines the shade. At 29" in height, the Mandarin Lotus base creates a tall, elegant lamp where the shade appears to float above the table top. This lamp was created in a warm butterscotch tone and was made as a showroom piece in 2012. It is now in a private collection in Maine.