16" Peacock Feathr

We recently completed a 16" Peacock Feather lamp for a client in New Jersey. The shade is shown on the distinctive Bell Pepper base. A strong amber tone at the top of the shade quickly shifts through emerald green and then to blue. These colors are reflected in the peacock "eyes" that encircle the lower portion of the shade.

This boldly conceived Tiffany shade design combines a naturalistic peacock feather pattern with the repetitive symmetry of a geometric shade. The dome shaped shade has a flat surface, but the pattern produces the optical illusion that the surface is accordion pleated.

Lamp of the Week: 22" Turtleback

This 22" Turtleback Turban has a deep, brooding personality. The heavily mottled, richly colored red & green glass of the upper and lower geometric portions of the shade are the perfect backdrop for the band of black cherry colored turtlebacks. This distinctive shade is shown on the popular Perforated base (26" tall, telescopes taller). The addition of the corkscrew "pigtail" cap adds the finishing touch to this large table lamp. This lamp was created in 2018 and is in a private local collection.

Lamp of the Week - 18" Clematis and Studio Hours

The 18" Clematis is a beautifully designed Tiffany shade covered in large flowers. The shade has a non repeating pattern. We chose a wide variety of purples and blues for the flowers which are set against a green fracture glass background. In addition to ring mottled and streaky glass, rippled glass appears throughout the shade in the flowers, leaves, and flower centers. The shade is shown on the Small Stick base (20" tall). This lamp was created in 2017 is in a private local collection.

Studio Hours - Century Studios will be closed Saturday October 26 through Monday October 28. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday October 29.

18" Oriental Poppy

We have completed the 18" Oriental Poppy lamp for our client in California. Red and orange poppy flowers with striking blue centers playfully cavort across the surface of the shade. Lush green foliage bursts forth from rich soil while the textured horizontal border rows provide structure to this colorful garden.

To complete the lamp, our client chose the Lummis base. The simplicity of the base compliments the highly detailed shade.

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.