Tiffany Lamps – What Should I Know?
Most people know that when they say that they would love to own a Tiffany lamp, they are not referring to an original 1905 Magnolia glass mosaic shade! No, these are only purchased to a very small number of very wealthy individuals or museums at infrequent auctions. The term “Tiffany lamp” today means a style of glass mosaic shade patterned after the original Louis Comfort Tiffany designs of a century ago. These lamps were characterized by for their floral patterns and gemlike glass. In addition the individual hand crafting made each lamp a prized work of art. Artisans painstakingly selected and cut glass for each shade. These women, known as the “Tiffany Girls,” combined Tiffany’s unique glass with the designs of Clara Driscoll-as we now know-to make each shade a work of art. No two Tiffany lamps were exactly the same! However, the good news is that many kinds of Tiffany style lamps are available today with the same natural and floral patterns as in Tiffany’s day. His lead designer Cl
