| Comfort Tiffany, the son of the founder Charles Lewis | | | | incompatible glass including Favrile-glass, the exclusive |
| Tiffany of Tiffany and Co. jewelers was born in New | | | | Tiffany team of designers and craftsmen continued to |
| York City and first launched their business in 1878. With | | | | create beautiful works of art in the glass window and |
| a combination of skills and craftsmanship in painting, | | | | lighting industry. |
| interior design, traveler, photographer, collector, | | | | In 1913 the Tiffany Company introduced a new kind of |
| manufacture and artistic gardener, Tiffany had an | | | | glass, Tiffany linen-fold, which is used exclusively for |
| unlimited range and versatility when it came to art. | | | | lampshades. It was then that Louis C. Tiffany retired |
| Tiffany always appreciated fine art and wanted to | | | | from active participation in his company, but retains title |
| carry on that appreciation through his stained-glass | | | | of President |
| work. Tiffany used pieces of discarded glass from | | | | Tiffany lamps have been categorized by various |
| production of the stained glass windows and recycled | | | | geometric characteristics including the irregular upper |
| them by fitting hundreds of hand-cut glass shapes into | | | | and lower borders lamps, favrile lamps, geometric |
| bronze and copper foil enclosures, designing gorgeous | | | | lamps, transition to flowers, flowered cone lamps, |
| lamps of all shapes, sizes, styles and colors which | | | | flowered globe and irregular lower border lamps. |
| included the nautilus, dragonfly and Tyler scroll. An | | | | Today you can purchase beautiful Tiffany ceiling |
| exquisite addition to any area in your home, Tiffany | | | | fixtures, floor and table lamps, stained glass-widows |
| lamps not only illuminates your room but also acts as a | | | | and wall sconces to decorate your home in an ornate |
| centerpiece of art. | | | | and stylish way that will definitely impress anyone who |
| As it says in company history, Tiffany met up with | | | | enters your rooms. Other styles to choose from |
| Thomas Edison in 1885 and developed decorative | | | | include, American Flag designs, Pansy, Peacock, |
| stage lighting as well as electrical fixtures to complete | | | | Jeweled Geometric Iris, Jasmine, Garden, Fleur D'Lis, |
| the Tiffany lamps. After patenting four new types of | | | | Cabbage Rose and 'Animal designs of lighting. |