Louis Comfort Tiffany and his designers made lamps that were light and floor shows. Leaded-glass shades dripped with grapes, swarmed with dragonflies, popped with poppies. Bases imitated vine-twisted ...

Tiffany lamps are probably the most admired products of the Art Nouveau movement, and it’s easy to see why. These utterly luxurious hand-made objects, mostly table lamps or desk lamps, somehow managed ...