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The Tiffany floor lamps have some very specific characteristics that makes them unique from other lamps types and also makes them very easily recognizable. For example their lampshades are made of stained glass, similar in design to those made originally by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the end of 19th Century and early 20th Century. Of course nowadays the term Tiffany floor lamp The original lamps made by Tiffany were considered a great important contribution to the American and European Art Nouveau design movement and the original pieces are until now sold for lots of money, sometimes going as high as millions of dollars at various auction houses. The fact remains that Tiffany floor lamps, whether the real thing of fakes, are extremely popular with many homeowners. The Tiffany reproduction lamps are available with bases made of several materials, however the base for the original lamps is brass. As to the lampshade, while some use good quality material, many replicas use cheap material that are very easy to discern from the real thing. The original mission style Tiffany floor lamps are quite rare today and this is one reason why their prices is so high. In average, the owners of these originals are ther museums or collectors of unique Tiffany pieces. Each piece was handmade with great care and no mass production was employed during their construction. This adds greatly to the value of on original, knowing that usually reproductions are mass produced. Particularly if the original work is marked Favrile, this means that is extremely valuable, which requests the most amount of money for one lamp.
Later on Tiffany replaced this signature with his own initials, and the price for these pieces is mostly determined by age and craftsmanship.
As original Tiffany lamps use only copper foil to join the various pieces, good quality reproductions also use only this for their own pieces. If the joining is done with something else, it is a cheaper imitation. Another important characteristics of a Tiffany floor lamp is the handcrafted art geometric shape that it can have. Many dragonflies, roses and spiders should be reproduced on cones or globes. When it comes to colors, a good Tiffany lamp is usually multicolor or has several ranges of colors. You won't see original Tiffany floor lamps in one single color, so if you want to buy a good quality replica, make sure that it truly resembles the originals as much as possible in appearance, quality of work and quality of materials. One of the best uses of a Tiffany floor lamp is offering low ambient light in the room corners. When you place the lamp in the corner of a room, it uses a reflective surface to give a nice soft lighting for creating that special mood in the room. Many people add two floor lamps in opposite room corners to diffuse the soft lighting in the room. Also if you place the lamps next to a desk, they will effectively illuminate most of your work area while at the same time keeping your office desk free of clutter. Giving an accent light has never been easier with the Tiffany floor lamps.
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is used loosely for any floor
lamps that have a stained glass lampshade, however they are in fact really Tiffany style floor lamps.
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