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Shades of Tiffany Newsletter
Summer 2008
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Greetings To All:
Happy Summer to All!
We wish everyone some fun time to connect with nature whether at the seashore or in the mountains.
We are excited about the beautiful, newest glass colors we chose for our summer lamps; Hot Pink as in the Peacock shade and Aqua as in the Fishscale shade shown in this Newsletter. Check them out!
Also, we have a few new designs to present to our customers as well as some SUMMER SALE SPECIALS!
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Great Buy!!
Call for availability and immediate service to you! |
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Surfer Dude
Cowabunga Only 5 left! Reg. $45.00 Sale $35.00
Gecko
Great Gift Idea! Reg. $49.00 Sale $35.00
Hawaii Window
Tropical Picture Post Card Reg. $199.00 Sale $150.00
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Leaf
Leaf shaped pieces assembled with wire. $499.00
Cantina Window
Salud! $225.00
Pirate Window
Arghhh! $175.00
Dragonfly Plate Collection
Fused Dichroic Accents $45.00, $45.00, $85.00
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Acorn Lamp
Arts & Crafts era $499.00
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Sea Life
Underwater scene $265.00
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Fishscale
Inverted Shade Aqua (the sea) $699.00
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PEACOCK
Inverted Shade Hot Pink (conch shell) Clear Iridized (sea foam) $699.00
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Three Daffodil
Pastels $299.00
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY |
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Portrait of L.C. Tiffany
The son of a wealthy New York jeweler, and a larger than life character, Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848-1933, was a man of many talents ranging from artistic achievements to brilliant entrepreneurial skills. He was first a painter and then an interior designer before turning his full attention to glass as an art form which was to bring him his greatest fame. |
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Dining Room designed in 1882
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In 1885 Tiffany formed the Tiffany Glass Company and around the turn of the
century his studio of more than a hundred skilled artists was producing art
glass for the finest houses in America, including the White House itself,
and for some of its greatest public buildings. From vases and lamps to
tiles and stained glass windows, his work formed the basis of sumptuous
interiors for the workplaces and homes of the fabulously rich merchants and
industrialists of America.
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For some 40 years he set himself up as an arbiter of taste in the Art Nouveau style but sadly, he lived to see this movement both flourish and wither. Tiffany himself died a bitter man, appalled by the new modernism of the stark, functional Art Deco style that after The First World War replaced the sensually, elegant, flowing and natural forms of his time.
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The 18 Light Lily lamp Studio Catalog circa 1895
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Wisteria Lamp circa 1906
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Peacock necklace mosaic of opals, amethysts and sapphires
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Like many of his artistic contemporaries, in a span of a few years from one era, the Victorian, to another, the Jazz Age, his work was dismissed as outmoded, even faintly ridiculous, and his vast output became an object of public indifference. Stunningly beautiful Tiffany lamps, vases and other supreme examples of his glass art that had once sold for hundreds of dollars, were destroyed or auctioned off for a few cents each or, unsold, consigned to the rubbish dumps of New York. Many of Tiffany’s great stained-glass windows and mosaics were destroyed by once enthusiastic owners who now considered them far too ostentatious and theatrical for the contemporary home. His sumptuous interiors were dismantled and redesigned in the modernistic style of glass and chrome. For Tiffany, it was the end of an American dream.
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Tulip Vase circa 1900 |
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Memorial Window in the Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York
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At the beginning of the 1960’s, the re-emergence of Art Nouveau brought
about a timely reappraisal of the works produced by Tiffany Studios. In
museums and art galleries around the world Tiffany glass is being presented
as among the most beautiful creations in the Art Nouveau style, and
certainly the most outstanding art glass produced in the United States. It
is eagerly sought after by collectors and commands high prices (table lamps
averaging $35,000 to $140,000 and floor lamps around $750,000 and up.), both
for its artistic merit and its rarity.
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| Today, it is hard to imagine there ever was a time when stained glass Tiffany style lamps were not part of the usual selection of retail lighting fixtures. What was once relegated to the supremely wealthy is now available to the every-day decorator via so many beautiful reproductions, especially those made by American glass artists. Louis Comfort Tiffany would have been pleased and flattered by the revival of interest in his works. | |||
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Prices do not include shipping and handling or sales tax (applicable within California).
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All sales final.
We accept - Visa, MasterCard, Discover; checks (must clear before shipping) or money order.
For further information on the lamps listed or any other lamps in our shop please email us or call and we will be happy to assist you.+.
Contact us by phone at (415) 345-8529 every day between 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; email us at lorena@shadesoftiffany.biz
