Lamp of the Week: 18" Grape

With its lush foliage and fully ripened grapes, the 18" Grape is one of Tiffany Studios' most successful lamp designs. The shade begins with a cast bronze crown of open branches at the top and cascades down to a realistic irregular lower edge. We employed a wide variety of glasses to create the exciting coloration on this shade. Grapes in tones of blue, purple, burgundy, and red intermingle with the lush foliage, playfully dotting the surface of the shade. Commissioned in 2015 by a client in Vermont, the shade is a lively mix of color and texture. 

16" Geometric with Squares

Tiffany Studios designed a variety of elegant geometric shades that feel at home in any decor. With geometric shades the emphasis is on the glass, and this 16" Geometric with Squares crisply combines a subtly mottled butter yellow glass with a decorative band in green and blue. Commissioned by an out of state client, the shade is shown on the Small Stick base (20" tall).

 

Lamp of the Week - Pair of Wisteria Lamps

The iconic 18" Wisteria is one of Tiffany Studios' signature lamp designs. The crown of cast bronze branches at the top of the shade supports cascading flowers that finish with a naturalistic undulating lower edge. Designed to mate with the Tree Trunk base (23" tall) this impressive shade has 1945 individual pieces of glass. Traditionally rendered in blue tones, we were commissioned in 2017 to create a matching pair of lamps with white as the predominant color. Hints of lavender and light blue playfully intermingle with the white flowers and green leaves throughout the shades.

Each shade required over 300 hours to create and this impressive pair of lamps needed several months of production time to complete. The lamps now reside with distinction at the home of our client in California.

10" Geometric Brickwork

Geometric shades can be created in any shape, size, or color. This 10" Geometric Brickwork shade was commissioned by a local client who requested a deep midnight blue glass. The brickwork positioning of the glass tiles gives the shade additional interest. The shade is shown on the Ruffle base (lamp height 17").

20" Poppy

The 20" Poppy is a classic Tiffany Studios lamp design. The pattern exhibits an economy of line that is both pleasing and balanced. The horizontal band of leaves resting upon lower border rows grounds the design while the vertical leadlines representing the slender flower stems ascend towards the top of the shade. Each stem supports a bud or open flower. The 20" Poppy has pierced metal filigree on the flower centers and behind the leaves, giving the shade added depth. 

Commissioned by a West Coast client, the shade is shown on the Twisted Vine base (25.5" tall).

Lamp of the Week Returns - 20" Dragonfly

After a summer vacation, we are resuming our popular Lamp of the Week postings. Each Thursday our posts will showcase works we have made in the past.

The multicolored background of this 20" Dragonfly was cut from a five color textured glass. The granite textured background glass gives the shade a sparkling surface which the dragonflies dart across. The shade is shown on the Twisted Vine base (25.5" tall) and was commissioned in 2018 by a client in Iowa. 

 

Dogwood Ball Lamp

The Dogwood Ball Lamp is a unique combination of shade and base. The tall and slender base supporting a delicate orb has the feeling of a graceful Art Nouveau fantasy. This unusual lamp is now in a private collection in Texas.

The 10" round shade is held aloft by a special six pronged crutch on the Artichoke Trumpet base (total lamp height 30.5"). This shade and base are only sold as a complete lamp.

Inspired by the flowering tree, the 10" Dogwood Ball shade has a non-repeating design of intermingled flowers, leaves, and branches. For the densely clustered flowers we chose a variety of colorfully tinted white glasses. Enhancing the springtime appearance of the piece, the sparkling sky is a one of a kind fracture/streamer glass that scatters shots of green, purple, pink and light blue throughout the shade. Upon receiving the lamp, our client remarked that it gave the feeling of a magical setting in an Arthur Rackham illustration.