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Tiffany Style And Stained Glass Lamps Are Collectible

Considered one of the great contributions would be cleaned and given a treatment.
to the Art Nouveau movement, stained The treatment would involve applying a
glass lamps have remained very popular. patina to the solder.
With a characteristic stained glass Tiffany lamps are characterized by
shade, Tiffany lamps became the standard several distinctive patterns. Some
for these beautiful light fixtures. tiffany designs were based in the use of
Taking full advantage of the widening geometric shapes ranging from squares and
availability electricity, stained glass rectangles to triangles and ovals.
lamps are a great example of form Tiffany also created beautiful floral
following function. patterns in a variety of shapes. Florals
Following the success of the original were often combined with some type of
Tiffany designs, many other styles of geometric pattern.
stained glass lamps were produced. Though Cone shaped lamp shades are more
the term Tiffany is often used to difficult to produce. The pieces of glass
describe stained glass lamps, there is were generally smaller than the glass
only one Tiffany. The concept of a table used to make geometric shapes. The
lamp was not new in the late eighteen difficult task of creating a cone shape
hundreds. Oil and gas table lamps had shade makes this class of Tiffany lamp
been in wide use by the time Thomas more expensive and highly collectible.
Edison and other inventors began Not all of the shades produced by Tiffany
marketing electric light bulbs. featured a flat edge. The irregular
The first Tiffany lamps appeared at the patterns often came in a globe shape with
turn of the twenty century. Each lamp was edges that were irregularly shaped. The
made by hand and reflected the work of patterns were less geometric and more
the individual artist. The base of the free flowing in design.
lamp was typically made of brass or Regardless of which pattern it is, a
bronze. It should be pointed out that genuine Tiffany lamp can fetch quite a
several copies of a particular design high price. The highest price ever paid
were made but the lamps were never mass for a Tiffany lamp at auction is reported
produced. Even though several copies of a to be over eight million dollars.
pattern were produced, each lamp shade For those of us who can not afford the
has a one of a kind feel imparted by the high price of genuine Tiffany, there are
individual artist. Louis Tiffany gained some reasonable alternatives. There are
experience in working with glass as a lamp makers who offer reproductions of
maker of stained glass windows. Working Tiffany patterns for a fraction of the
with pieces of scrap, he began to design cost you might expect to pay for the
lamp shades. He utilized standard methods genuine article. There are some very high
of production that were used in creating quality reproductions and original
stained glass windows. designs done in the Tiffany style by
Leaded stained glass is typically made modern artists. It is common to see glass
from cut pieces of colored glass. A mosaic designs on some of the lamp bases.
pattern would be drawn and cut then used If you fancy the idea of owning a genuine
to score and cut the individual pieces of Tiffany lamp, it pays to do your
the glass puzzle. The edges of each piece homework. As with any type of
of glass would be covered in copper metal collectible, there are many fakes and
foil than soldered together. In the days knockoffs of the genuine article. There
of Louis Tiffany and until recently, lead are Tiffany knockoffs are very well made
based solders were used, hence the basis and will certainly fool an untrained
for the term leaded glass. Lead has been buyer. Be certain to educate yourself
removed from most solders since lead is about the unique qualities of genuine
now considered a hazardous material. Once Tiffany before you commit to a purchase.
the soldering is completed, the joints




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