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Tiffany Studios Blue Dragonfly Lamp with Multi colored Jewels

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  • Tiffany Studios Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp
    By Tiffany Studios
    Located in Dallas, TX
    Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Gilt Bronze Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp, circa 1910. At the turn of the century, Clara Driscoll, head of the women’s glass cutting department and the brains behind some of Tiffany’s most iconic shades introduced the “Drophead Dragonfly” to the world. Unable to cut the pieces of glass small enough to give the desired lacy effect to the wings of the dragonfly, Driscoll came up with the idea of using a brass filigree overlay that would be soldered over top of the glass wings, giving a much more intricate appearance. These filigrees had previously been used on smaller decorative items but were a new concept in lamp design. The Dragonfly became one of Tiffany’s first recorded leaded shades, shown as early as 1899 by Art Nouveau tastemaker Siegfried Bing at Grafton Galleries in London The design won her the bronze medal at the 1900 world's fair a year later. As the son of Tiffany & Co-founder Charles Lewis Tiffany, jewels to Louis Comfort Tiffany were as water is to a fish. It is no wonder with this background that Tiffany made the bold decision to employ Leo Popper & Sons of New York City as its producer of glass jewels Popper was founded in 1880 to produce imitation stones for costume jewelry, and Tiffany’s entrepreneurial prowess saw the possibility of using jewels in leaded glass shades. On the subject, Tiffany wrote: “Anyone who has seen the great rose windows of Chartres has, intuitively or otherwise, understood the relationship between glass and jewels. Designed to refract light prismatically, and placed to raise heads beatifically, they resemble nothing so much as magnificent celestial jewels.” It was likely for this reason that model no. 1507 was Tiffany’s favorite. More than any of its variants, the shade was spangled with a wide assortment of cabochon topaz glass jewels. This lamp features a unique example of Tiffany Studios' iconic Drophead Dragonfly shade depicting a swarm of nine descending dragonflies, each with a distinct combination of body and eye color. Dragonflies, each with wings of strikingly mottled apple green and deep red and a unique combination of eye and body color. The ground is a warm saffron yellow shaded up to rich butter yellow, punctuated by twinkling amber cabochons jewels and topped by geometric bands of purple mauve and mint green. The vibrancy and variation in the dragonfly glass...
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    Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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    Bronze

  • Tiffany Studios Rare Empire Jewel Table Lamp
    By Tiffany Studios
    Located in Dallas, TX
    Tiffany Studios Empire Jewel Table Lamp Important and rare Tiffany Studios New York "Empire Jewel" Table Lamp, Only 2-3 known to exist and well documented in Alastair Duncans Tiffan...
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    Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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  • Amazing Tiffany Style Dragonfly Fish Table Lamp
    By Tiffany Studios
    Located in Aachen, NW
    Stunning and amazing table lamp in the manner of Tiffany Studios. Very impressive handmade lamp with a wonderful blue libelle base. Very fine handwork, colourful glass. In the man...
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  • L.A. Studio Table Lamps with Colored Murano Glass
    Located in Ibiza, Spain
    Table lamp, made of metal and brass with glass feet and applications in blue Murano glass. Lampshade in blue velvet fabric. Manufactured in Italy. Structure dimensions: W 25 x D 1...
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    21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps

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  • Tiffany Studios Spider Lamp
    By Tiffany Studios
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider and web-inspired shade combines with the soft green and yellow gradient of the glass tiles to display the unparalleled craftsmanship and innovation of Tiffany Studios. This table lamp shows off the Tiffany hallmarks of nature-inspired aesthetics alongside a beautifully unified artistic form that nearly comes alive when the lamp is turned on. While many Tiffany shades...
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  • Tiffany Studios Linenfold Lamp
    By Tiffany Studios
    Located in Bronx, NY
    This vintage early 20th century patinated bronze table lamp is beautifully designed with an art glass linenfold shade. The barrel shape paneled shade features golden amber color favr...
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    Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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