Liberty table lamps

 What is a Liberty lamp? Where to buy a Liberty lamp?

This question sounds pretty simple, yet many people do not know what Liberty style lamps really are.

In fact Tiffany lamps are Tiffany lamps.

But why this confusion? Why another name?

In fact, most online stores still describe them as Tiffany style lamps. So you should always look for Tiffany style lamps online and not Liberty style lamps.

That said, the reason they are called Liberty Style is due to Mr. Arthur Lasenby Liberty.

Liberty style table lamps

This gentleman was an important and important European merchant, "in service" between the late 1800s and early 1900s.

To sell his many art nouveau art objects, he often organized exhibitions and participated in fairs and events.

Among these exhibitions, he participated in the famous "International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art" held in Turin in 1902.

international exhibition of modern turin decorative art 1902

In this exhibition, Liberty exhibited several works of Art Nouveau style. As Tiffany lamps are also works of art from this artistic movement, Tiffany's works (as well as many other decorative objects of the time) have become "products". in the style of freedom ".

The elegance of liberty style lamps 

The Liberty style is a large-scale artistic movement born in the late 1800s, which transformed and modernized the aesthetic taste of that era to reach Italy at the beginning of the next century. Among the different characteristics of this style, the decorative elegance, rich in details, and the attention paid to the forms with curved and flexible lines stood out.

The Art Nouveau style lamps are distinguished by their elegance, sinuous and refined, often adorned with colorful designs and decorations, characterized by floral motifs and stylized arabesques. The table lamp "Tiffany", created precisely by the artist-designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, is the typical expression of the Liberty style and its maximum expression; these lamps had beautiful glass mosaics, with supports usually made of bronze and widely used in the 1920s, first in America, then in Europe.

These lamps were of great value, entirely handcrafted, unique and exclusive pieces, small jewels that can equip each piece of elegance and colors.

Liberty style lamps have also been made with a brass, bronze or wrought iron base and satin glass or ceramic lampshade embellished with raised floral motifs, sometimes featuring ethereal feminine figures with graceful movements , which served as both decoration and support. Sometimes colored beads could be applied to the shade glass, giving the object an extra color note.

 
Some supports were small and true works of art, elaborately elaborated in their forms, all inspired by the natural world. Even floor lamps have slowly begun to take over, adding a touch of class to rooms and living rooms. The shapes of these lamps were varied and elaborate in an artistic way, following the typical line of the art of freedom which rejected the historical styles of the past.

Anyone who wants to give a touch of elegance and imagination to their rooms can easily resort to Art Nouveau lamps, suggestive and undeniable.