Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago presents exhibitions relating to architecture, art and design from the 19th century to the present day, with a focus on the Guilded Age.
The museum is in a gorgeous 3 story mansion just off the Magnificent mile and it is worth a visit just to see the house.
The collection of lamps and chandeliers is magnificent and includes several Tiffany Lamps.
Although these lamps were mass produced, because of the differences of the glass, no two were the same.
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Lamp Production at Tiffany Studios
Among the various decorative objects produced at Tiffany Studios, the factory manufactured an extensive range of lamp shades, mostly in floral and geometric motifs. More than 300 designs were available in the 1906 and 1913 Tiffany Studios catalogues, including Peony, Poppy, Daffodil, Dragonfly, Laburnum, Magnolia, Pond Lily, Poinsettia, Roman, Venetian, and Lotus Leaf.
After the lamps were designed, the pattern was transferred to a wooden mold, which served as the support for the making of each lamp with its leaded armature. Though the designs were mass-produced, each lamp was an individual creation in the selection of its colored and textured glass, which by virtue of the medium was never the same.
The Peacock lamp illustrated was made in several color schemes, yet with variations in each leaded shade. The rich palette of blue and purple glass in this example is enhanced through the artificial illumination of the glass. This melding of colored glass with innovations made possible by electricity and incandescent light was Tiffany’s approach to gaining the effect of sunlight filtering through stained glass without the sun’s rays.
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Peacock Table Lamp
Tiffany Studios
"Poinsettia" Table Lamp
circa 1910
One recently sold at auction for $50, 000.
This Tiffany stained glass dome is on the ceiling of the salon.
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