For many who love antiques, finding Tiffany lamps to display in their home as auctions and flea markets is a wonderful hobby. To these collectors finding a unique table lamp or Tiffany floor lamp to complete a set is a great accomplishment.

Of course one of the ironies that the lamps and stained glass panels of Louis Comfort Tiffany are highly sought by collectors is that he was one of the first and most prolific collectors in America.

Louis Tiffany loved decorative items that he valued as having qualities that he saw as beautiful and well crafted. This made him one of the first collectors of antiques in the United States. This collection also included one of the largest collections of Japanese swords in any collection in the country as well as Chinese textiles.

It was this love of antiques that made Louis Tiffany want his fine stained glass panels and Tiffany lamps to become highly sought home decorations as well.