TIFFANY PEACOCK TABLE LAMP 1900-1910 POSTCARD
The first Tiffany lamp was created around 1895. Beautiful in design and intricacy, each lamp was handmade by skilled craftsman, not mass or machine produced. Its designer was not, as had been thought for over 100 years, Louis Comfort Tiffany, but an unrecognized single woman named Clara Driscoll who was identified in 2007 by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg as being the master designer behind the most creative and valuable leaded glass lamps produced by Tiffany Studios…
14" Dragonfly Tiffany Lamp #1585 on Glass Mosaic bronze base #356
Since 1980, we do antique Tiffany lamp repairs and custom make lamps to order. We are using old, original working methods of Tiffany Studios, only we have re-discovered. Please visit our Tiffany Lamps gallery to see our range of shades and bases. E-mail us at any time to inquire about completed lamps that are available and for custom lamp orders.
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Elaborate Peonies Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1903 Christie’s
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Just in time for Christmas, Vendome has released a new book looking at the Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany by 4 experts in the field, Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy McClelland, and Lars Rachen. Art glass lamps have received a lot of ire in the past few decades, due to the plethora of bad, cheap copies (remember the lamps Wendys had in their restaurants in the 80s?). However, none other than modernist architect Philip Johnson has said that "These objects are now regarded…