Ware & regional marks
Tiffany Studios marks include engraved “L.C.T.” on Favrile glass; paper for labels in New York City and Corona, Queens, New York, United States.
Enterprise lineage begins 1878. Tiffany Studios formal name 1902–1932; bankruptcy and reorganisation in 1932, with successor sales until 1938. Louis Comfort Tiffany lived 1848–1933.
Louis Comfort Tiffany enterprise / Tiffany glassworks
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Full L.C. Tiffany name followed by Favrile, engraved around the base rim.
engraved · Favrile glass; paper for labels · New York City and Corona, Queens, New York, United States
Louis Comfort Tiffany enterprise / Tiffany glassworks
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Curvilinear conjoined LCT in a round green-and-gold label, replacing the TGDCO letter group.
label · Favrile glass; paper for labels · New York City and Corona, Queens, New York, United States
Louis Comfort Tiffany enterprise / Tiffany glassworks
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Interlocking TGDCO letters fill the centre of a circular label; the Favrile wording surrounds them.
label · Favrile glass; paper for labels · New York City and Corona, Queens, New York, United States
Tiffany Studios was the decorative-arts enterprise associated with Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York. Its roots lay in the design business he established in 1878, followed by the Tiffany Glass Company in 1885 and the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company in 1892. The Tiffany Studios name was formally adopted in 1902. These businesses were distinct from Tiffany & Co., the jewellery firm founded by his father, Charles Lewis Tiffany.
The enterprise produced stained-glass windows, mosaics, lamps, glass vessels, bronze desk accessories, enamels and other furnishings. A glassworks established in Corona, Queens, in 1893 supplied material for this expanding range and became Tiffany Furnaces in 1902. Favrile glass combined colour, texture and iridescence in blown vessels and lamp shades. The finished products could carry the company’s stamped name, engraved L.C.T. initials, a longer Tiffany–Favrile inscription, or a paper trademark label. These marks identify the enterprise and its products rather than necessarily a signature personally applied by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Tiffany’s artists and craftspeople developed objects through workshop production, combining individual handwork with repeatable designs. The Studios entered bankruptcy in 1932. A reorganised business continued sales from its West Twenty-Third Street premises until 1938, when the remaining stock was liquidated. Tiffany himself died in 1933.
Also known as: Louis Comfort Tiffany · Tiffany Glass Company · Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company · Tiffany Furnaces · Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces · Louis Comfort Tiffany’s decorative-arts enterprise, including Tiffany Studios and predecessor glass companies
The jewellery and silver firm founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany was separate from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s workshops. TIFFANY & CO. and TIFFANY STUDIOS are different business names, even though Louis later served as art director of his father’s company.
