Tiffany Lamps

Tiffany Lamps are truly the epitome of style and elegance, and they come in all shapes and sizes imaginable. You can choose from table lamps, floor lamps, desk lamps, chandeliers, and wall sconces. Most Tiffany lamps are custom-made and hand crafted from in stained glass for a truly unique lighting experience. Different colored glass adds variation to your options. Here are just a few variations that Tiffany design offers.

Tiffany Dragonfly Lamps

Perhaps the most popular Tiffany lamp shade, the Dragonfly lamp is a supreme example of how the Tiffany style lamp shade highlights the natural world. The glass lamp shade portrays six insects in green and golden hues. This particular lamp has remained a symbol of style and elegance for many generations.

Hanging Flower Lotus

The Tiffany Hanging Flower lamp shade, known as the "Flower Lotus" is another very popular lamp in the Tiffany collection. The three-way turn switch is a marvelous example of the innovation of the Tiffany Company. Variations on blues and mauves highlight the design of this glass lampshade.

A bit of history

Thomas Edison's development of the light bulb in 1878 and the subsequent development of the filament the very next year, inspired Louis Comfort Tiffany to begin creating his utterly unique idea for lamps. With Edison's invention, Tiffany no longer had to depend on natural sunlight to illuminate his stained glass creations. He soon developed and perfected the copper foil method, which joined stained glass pieces together. This utterly painstaking technique has been revived today by manufacturers and artisans to produce completely authentic reproductions of the original stained glass lamps that Tiffany created himself. The style and elegance of these lamps remains as unique and brilliant today as it did when he first created them in 1879.

The making of a tiffany lamp

Each and every Tiffany Lamp shade is cut, hand foiled, and soldered together by experience craftsmen and artisans. Each lamp shade is made from art glass, making it truly unique in its style and color. The seeds, lines, blisters, and variations on the surface of the lamp shade appear to be defects, but are merely characteristic of hand crafted stained glass and fixtures. Most of the bases are manufactured from zinc and are finished with hand-polishes antique brass, pewter, or a special two-tone antique brown. Tiffany once again proves that you cannot buy style and class, you have to make it. If you're thinking about purchasing a Tiffany lamp for your home, then we recommend that you visit TiffanyLampsGalore.com for their great online selection of Tiffany lamps and accessories.

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