Artists have made lamps that are sculptures more than lighting devices since the late nineteenth century. Perhaps the most famous is the Tiffany bronze and glass "Lily" lamp. The glass shades, shaped like flower heads, each held a small bulb.…
Cameo glass was made by many French companies at the turn of the century. It is made from several layers of different colors of glass. An artist cut away parts of the top layers to form a color picture with…
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