Ted stiffel and his designers produced lamps with both innovative and classical designs.
Are stiffel lamps made in china.
Stiffel lamps are makers.
A clue in the base stiffel lamps often contain a foil signature.
Frequently made from silk shantung from china the lamps usually had a small brass label reading stiffel lamp company or simply stiffel located inside the shade.
The stiffel lamp company was founded in 1932 in chicago illinois by ted stiffel.
However if you know your lamps and know what to look for in just the right places you might still be able to find a few stiffel lamps out there.
Weight one distinctive aspect of stiffel lamps as opposed to cheap imitations is the weight.
Stiffel was last owned by salton inc.
In fact it is safe to say that stiffel is out of business.
The stiffel lamp company manufactured quality lamps for over 68 years overcoming an adverse supreme court ruling and economic uncertainty.
A talented craftsman ted stiffel had a background in fine arts that gave him a unique ability to design innovative and intelligently crafted lamps which were also beautiful to behold.