Modern Lighting Design is still inspired by Tiffany

Create period ambience with amber Tiffany table lamps.

In the years since her retirement we wrote one another from time to time, had lunch occasionally, and then lost touch almost entirely (in part because an ocean separated us). This past New Year's Day I called to let her know I was thinking of her. She broke the news that Junie had died a few weeks previously. Conversation was stilted. There were things I would have liked to have told her, thanks I would have liked to have given. But she was not a sentimentalist.He started experimenting with glass during the 1870s in New York. By 1880 he had patented his revolutionary ideas and went on to form the Tiffany Glass Company in 1885. In its heyday the factory employed more than three hundred people including designers, artists and glass blowers; however it wasn�t until 1895 that the first commercially produced lamps were sold. Tiffany is famous for its lampshades but in fact the company designed and manufactured a wide range of products including vases, perfume bottles, stained-glass windows and tiles.The different styles range from the classical Victorian to the modern Mission style. You can also get them in fun designs like Flowered and Peacock. These lights are beautiful and add elegance and style to your house.The name Tiffany is synonymous with stained glass lampshades. Luis Comfort Tiffany was born in 1848 the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany the founder of Tiffany & Co, the highly successful retailer of silver and jewellery. And although Charles wanted his son to succeed him in the business Louis preferred to train and work as an artist.Betty Lou died at 86 on April 24 of this year. This magazine is her legacy.

Stuart Richardson - www.lampsandlighting.co.uk

Author: Stuart Richardson