Tiffany & Co. was an American luxury Company in the early 19th century that produced glass products in Art Nouveau style. Tiffany & Co. continues to work in the present century and locates at 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Wisteria Studio lamp produced by Tiffany & Co., designed in the form of a dark lavender-blue flowering plant running perpendicular downwards. Wisteria is a plant with blue and purple flowers that hangs from a pergola during the warmer seasons. The dark-lava coloured lampshade forms the bronze rod and ends up to the vine frame structure, covering the lampshade’s cap. The leaded glass from the top evokes a delicate dangling floral fabric.

In Turin, Italy, the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna awarded a grand prize for the lamp. Another award went to the Pond Lily decorative lamp, also produced by Tiffany & Co. The exposition was a fabulous event for Art Nouveau and the associated manufacturers who made applied art products in the same style.

In this series of articles, I would like to draw your attention to the industrial design of lighting fixtures manufacturing in Art Nouveau style. In this regard, I should mention two companies that produced lampshades and chandeliers in the early 19th century as the pioneers and the leaders of this art industry, Tiffany & Co. and the Daum Studio.

First, I shall introduce Tiffany & Co., which was in the early 19th century an American Company for stationery and fancy goods. Gradually, the company produced and sold more and more luxury items. The firm had various applied arts products and used diverse materials in its distinctive, controversial product range.

Lewis Tiffany, the second director of the company after his father, was in his youth, in the first place a painter and later became fascinated by the science of chemistry. The glassmaking procedures were one of his practical concerns and research interests.

As a first-rate glassmaker Company, Daum Studio has survived since the previous centuries. Daum worked with famous artists such as Majorelle, Dali, Arman and Hilton McConnico. The Company was founded in 1878 by Jean Daum, grew by his two sons, Auguste and Antonin Daum, and offered during 140 years their unique collection of Applied Arts.

Here you see the historical Three-Armed Torch Lamp designed and produced by Daum Company.

Their production gained a special status with their effect obtained by rolling hot glass in coloured powder glass. Daum Studio invented many glass production techniques. The powder adhered, fused, formed the glass body, and created a new outer layer.

Daum Studio is a fabulous glassmaker master who has historically survived and kept alive from two centuries ago. They worked with great artists, including Majorelle, Dali, Arman and Hilton McConnico. Founded in 1878 by Jean Daum and later grew under his two sons, Auguste and Antonin Daum, they produced for nearly 140 years. They offered their unique collection in Applied Art history.

Like Gallé, the Daum’s brothers sought their spiritual and visual inspiration in nature. This lamp, designed in Art Nouveau style, features bare trees in a snowy landscape.

Tiffany & Co., an American luxury Company, founded in the early 19th century, produced glass products in Art Nouveau style. The company continues its work today with its headquarter in New York City and other locations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and other European countries.

In 1894, the company developed Favrile glass that later became a brand, and used ingrained colour in the glass itself to produce stained-glass windows. In truth, Tiffany chose to paint with the glass rather than on the glass. Treating molten glass with metallic oxides and alloys led to unique hues, iridescent colours and free-flowing shapes in design.

During four years of the first decade of the 19th century, Tiffany & Co. manufactured 200 electric lamps, 300 fuel lamps and 200 hanging lampshades. The firm produced narrow bases and light stems relying on the potential electrical lighting techniques.