Tiffany Studios

Although incandescent lamp bulbs had become more widely available in the 1890s, most households, even those of the wealthy, were not yet wired for electricity. Tiffany originally designed his lamps with an oil-burning apparatus, consisting of a reservoir and a double wick and chimney, as well as an electric attachment. He cleverly predicted, though, that electric households would soon become commonplace, so he quicklymoved to all-electric designs by 1910, greatly increasing the illumination and appeal of his lamps.