UK STAINED GLASS NEWS May 2007
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THIS PAGE: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware by Alastair Duncan

Tiffany: Lamps and Metalware
Alastair Duncan
Published by Antique Collectors Club
ISBN13: 978-1-85149-517-7
Retail Price £95.00
Reviewed by Ed Potterton

At first glance I thought this book was attempting to be competition for Neustadt's "The Lamps of Tiffany" but it is not. Neustadt's book is a learned text book with considerable discussion about minutiae in the designs. This new book, an equally impressive volume weighing in at over 3.5 kgs, with 527 pages and over 1937 photographs, is more of a catalogue of Tiffany Lamps and Metalware. It is aimed fairly and squarely at Antique Collectors, but looks to be of considerable interest to those of us who like to make Tifany look-a-likes. Inspirational even, and should move the more adventurous to try something a little different!


The book itself states it cannot be called a catalogue of Tiffany Lamps or Metalware, as such a thing is an impossibility. Maybe, but it looks like one, and each section has a preamble with reference to the Tiffany Catalogues and price lists, patents, and signatures. There is a huge number of excellent photographs, many of them colour plates, each one numbered. Each item pictured has its Tiffany Catalogue number and name alongside

The index has a chronological list of model numbers produced by the Tiffany Studios. I have a feeling there will not be much out there that is not featured.

There are ten chapters:
Oil Lamnp Bases Electric Lamps
Leaded shades Floor Lamps
Hanging Shades Sconces
Misc Articles Candlesticks
Fancy Goods Desk Sets

How do I rate this book (as a stained glass artist):

Aesthetic Interest            # # # # #
Technical Interest            # # #
Quality of Paper and Print # # # # #
Colour Plates                    # # # # #

I really liked the book from an inspirational point of view. However I would have liked a little more technical detail. Added to my Christmas list already.

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