― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link
"Coloured Glass Destroys Hatred" - motto of the Bauhaus shortly before being dismantled by the Nazis*.
*Historical reference, not referential of thread being over before it has begun.
x-post, I shall look up, but most of his best work seems to be about 1895-1910 or so.
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link
They have the Wisteria lamp in the shop where I got mine:
http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/media/images/00101-00200/00167/fig3.jpg
There is another one there at the moment which I am trying to identify - red flowers with purple edges around the rim against a golden orange background with a green trim. It cannot be all original as the base is an elephant statue. It looks sort of like both peony and red lotus but I need to look at it closer with the book in hand.
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.collectics.com/tiffanylamps_peony2.jpg
This is poppy, which is *gorgeous*
http://www.collectics.com/tiffanylamps_poppy.jpg
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.collectics.com/tiffany_lamps.html
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link
do these lamps mostly follow a floral motif? obv not always since the first is a peacock?
― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
It's funny, Tiffany style reproductions used to be so naff in the 70s, those sort of coke bottle style restaurant hanging lamps. I associated them with that for a long time, before moving to upstate NY and seeing so much of his actual work.
There's a shop at the top of the high street which sells them, and has dozens in the window. I cannot walk by without spending about ten minutes just peering in, especially when it is dark.
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
Ventian:
http://www.collectics.com/tiffanylamps_venetian.jpg
Zodiac (not the best picture, the green should be much more vivid):
http://www.worldwidestore.com/Meyda35ab.jpg
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link
I like the contrast between the highly geometric patterns and then the marbled tortoiseshell trim, I think that's lovely.
But best of all I like the jewel-toned ones - fruitbowl and the lotus series.
x-post but do you get to take them home?!?!?
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:43 (seventeen years ago) link
http://k41.pbase.com/g4/59/613259/2/52201666.Tiffanyglass3sm.jpg
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link
http://z.about.com/d/gonyc/1/0/5/F/met_09.JPG
It gives you a sense of the scale, even though you can't really experience the colour in a photograph.
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.tiffanywindows.com/tiffanytype/TreesStream.html
Aaaah, makes me wish I was in NYC!
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.tiffanywindows.com/images/web/river.jpg
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/tiffany_laurelton/images/laurelton_33.L.jpg
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/tiffany_laurelton/images/laurelton_32.L.jpg
These are making me just not content with just getting another lamp. My giant windows at the front of the house could do with being giant Tiffany windows!
― Fire and Worms (kate), Monday, 5 February 2007 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link