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for a lovely selection of
Louis Comfort
Tiffany, (1848 - 1934) developed a unique type of glass. In addition to
colors found in other art glass, the Tiffany glass shows movement in form
and shape. The glass is very versatile. It is found in single as well
as multiple-layered glass. Tiffany glass is sometimes iridescent, transparent
or translucent as well as opaque. Many colors are used in many different
combinations. Regarding rarity of color, gold iridescent, is the most
common, then blue, green, white, yellow, brown, amethyst, black, and red.
Red is the rarest color. There are also a group of pastel shades, in the
same order of scarcity.
In
decorated iridescent glass, the decorations are usually colored fibers
of glass laid on the original piece and hooked with metal wires to form
a design. Once the design is applied, two or more layers of glass are
rolled on the working board until there is a single layer of glass with
the decoration worked in. The shapes and decorations are created to
complement each other like no other glass.
There
are many different techniques in Tiffany glass. Among them are decorated
glass, millefiore, paperweight, engraved intaglio, cypriote, lava glass,
agate, cameo glass, peacock feather and diatreta. The scope of Louis
C. Tiffany's work was great. He also designed wonderful lamps and desk
pieces in a combination of bronze and glass.
We
keep an exceptional collection of Authentic Tiffany Glass at Linda's
Unique Antique. I hope that you enjoy this site, and see some samples
of this fabulous glass. We guarantee the authenticity of all the Tiffany
pieces we sell.
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