Tiffany studios New York acorn and bronze Art Nouveau table lamp. Circa 1910 A beautiful Tiffany Studios green acorn table lamp in close to perfect condition to grace any room in your house or office. The base is textured in gilt gold with a Art Deco- Art Nouveau style that will compliment any decor. The Shade with gilt patina on the leading is perfect for this important gilt base and make this lamp stand apart from all brown patina Tiffany lamps. This lamp wont last and the price is very reasonable for this investment. Tiffany studios leaded glass acorn shade, circa 1910 Marks: Tiffany Studios, New York 6-1/2 x 16-1/8 inches (16.5 x 41.0 cm) Litertaure: A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware: An illustrated reference to over 2000 models, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 28, fig. 56; pp. 32, fig. 79; pp. 37, fig. 93; pp. 152, fig. 624. (similar examples of shade 1435). Base impressed 'Tiffany Studios New York 585'. Height: 23 Inches, Diameter: 8 Inches, Fitter Rim: 4 in. A rare and excellent perfect condition Tiffany Studios model # 585 gilt bronze three cluster lamp base. Of classical to almost an Art Deco design, this lamp base is circa 1920. All original from top to bottom. Rewired and with original superb sockets and paddle switches.
The hand-crafted kerosene and early electric lighting fixtures created at Tiffany Studios now rank among the most coveted decorative objects in the world. Tiffany designs of any kind are emblematic of taste and craftsmanship, and Tiffany glass refers to far more than stained-glass windows and decorative glass objects. The iconic multimedia manufactory’s offerings include stained-glass floor lamps, chandeliers and enameled metal vases. The most recognizable and prized of its works are antique Tiffany Studios table lamps.
The name Tiffany generally prompts thoughts of two things: splendid gifts in robin’s-egg blue boxes and exquisite stained glass. In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany founded the former — Tiffany & Co., one of America’s most prominent purveyors of luxury goods — while his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, is responsible for exemplars of the latter.
Louis was undoubtedly the most influential and accomplished American decorative artist in the decades that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rather than join the family business, he studied painting with several teachers, notably the scenic painter Samuel Colman, while spending long periods touring Europe and North Africa. Though he painted his entire career, visits to continental churches sparked a passionate interest in stained glass. Tiffany began experimenting with the material and in 1875 opened a glass factory-cum-laboratory in Corona, Queens — the core of what eventually became Tiffany Studios.
In his glass designs, Tiffany embraced the emerging Art Nouveau movement and its sinuous, naturalistic forms and motifs. By 1902, along with glass, Tiffany was designing stained-glass lamps and chandeliers as well as enameled metal vases, boxes and bowls, and items such as desk sets and candlesticks. Today such pieces epitomize the rich aesthetics of their era.
The lion’s share of credit for Tiffany Studios table lamps and other fixtures has gone to Louis. However, it was actually Clara Driscoll (1861–1944), an Ohio native and head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department for 17 years, who was the genius behind the Tiffany lamps that are most avidly sought by today’s collectors. A permanent gallery of Tiffany lamps at the New-York Historical Society celebrates the anonymous women behind the desirable fixtures.
