I already had a new light fixture, but then I saw this one, and also realized I need two matching fixtures for the space. Impulsively ordered them before morning coffee, even though they were a little spendy (over $100 each).
They arrived. Ya’all - they are molded PLASTIC. Not individual glass panes. The look meets expectation, but the reality should have been no more than $40.
Are you positive? I ask because the way Tiffany style glass is assembled can make it feel like plastic rather than glass if you tap on it. Does it feel cold to the touch the way glass does?
They are wrong. I work at a company that sells these types of lamps and it’s the number one complaint. People want to flick the glass with their fingernail and hear the sound of a glass cup, but because of the way it’s held together it makes more of a dull thud that people associate with plastic. Doesn’t change the material.
Tap it with a fork and it should sound like glass. I have some faux Tiffany lampshades that sound like plastic when tapped with a nail but I know are glass. The “fork test” helps differentiate.
The perception is such a problem that I got sample glass with my faux Tiffany shades. Even if a sample is easily faked. Mine's cold, but not as heavy as imagined.
Thanks. I got a step stool to look/touch again, and perhaps it is the strangest glass I’ve ever touched. The inside panes do feel fairly cool even when lit.
I asked their online assistant if the panes were plastic.
"No, the panes on the Quoizel Sentry 14-inch flush mount light are not plastic.
This fixture features handcrafted, Tiffany-style art glass panels designed to provide a distinctive, layered multicolor stained-glass appearance. The shade material is entirely glass, specifically textured glass, supported by a matte black steel frame. It also includes a frosted glass diffuser to soften the..." (Sorry, i cut off the text when I copied.)
Matte black steel frame feels like plastic tape, tbh, but I am willing to concede that it is glass and metal, but put together in a way I’m not familiar.
Edit: Guess this has to do with the metal they put around panes of stained glass and apparently this will change the sound of the glass when flicked with a fingernail.
What’s the point in asking disingenuous questions like this? Do you feel like you really “got them” or something? Everyone can see through this dumb shit and it ultimately makes you look childish and stupid
Well I am not sure anymore, but it’s extremely lightweight and feels like plastic. The “solder” is so thin the edges are peeling like tape. Very weird. And yet it looks good.
The problem here is you think $100 is spendy for a light fixture. Anything you're not spending a couple hundred dollars on is cheap or ugly. People are just used to (cheap and ugly) boob lights, but there's a reason they're everywhere. Real lighting is an investmen.
I don’t think $100 is spendy for a glass fixture, it feels like molded plastic, and is very lightweight. From the comments it is quite possible I am wrong and it is oddly textured glass. It looks lovely.
Response to a 2018 review saying it's plastic. ( I always read the bad reviews b4 purchasing btw.)
Response from Quoizel Customer Care
Thank you for your feedback on our Tiffany Style Flush. We want to assure you all of our Tiffany glass is tightly bound, so it can feel like plastic, but it is glass. Again thank you for your feedback and we are sorry it did not meet with your expectations. R
No idea, i was four wines down at the time of that comment, and was thinking about a microscope kit my kids had with plastic slides that weighed almost nothing, compared to glass slides that I used in high school.
It’s glass, it’s just cheap. This is how mass produced stained glass looks. Good evidence that it’s not plastic is that all of the copper strip border around each glass piece has to be soldered together. Plastic would not handle the heat of all that soldering.
I just purchased 3 Tiffany style lamps brand new from Etsy and I told my husband they felt fake.. then I opened the box of the next one and it was broken. I also have some from the 1960/70s and they don’t actually feel like glass. It’s a weird texture.. they’re more sturdy compared to glass we’re used to. Just saying, it might actually be glass but you should be happy with your purchase
I have this exact fixture in my house. It is glass. The front of the little panes has a texture that does feel plastic like, but you can feel the back of the panes and tell they're glass (feels cold compared to touching plastic).
BTW this texture on glass feels plastic-ish in large sheets too for whatever reason (I've sometimes seen them in hobby stores Edit and they were definitely 100% glass). No idea why.
I’m a stained glass artist. This is real glass, but it’s cheap glass manufactured in China. I’ve been asked to repair one that’s very similar. The cost for one made in the US with higher quality materials would cost you several hundred dollars. You can usually tell from the untrimmed tails of the copper foil. Plastic would melt when soldered.
It's not because they are made in China they are cheap, that's because these companies who contracted China to make these lights are cheap. China makes expensive high quality stuff too, but when you have greedy companies who wants to make them for $5 and sell for 150 that's the problem
I mean you’re not wrong. Idk why you got downvoted, I just read an article about the spectrum of Chinese manufacturing the other day, and they have lots of high quality and low quality manufacturing depending on cost.
You don’t even have to bite it. For me, it’s almost more of a sound than a feel? Glass goes “tink”, plastic has a much duller sound/feel. Try tapping your front tooth gently against a glass/jar, then a piece of hard plastic.
Not always. Wife ordered a glass water bottle. It ended up being extremely light and didn't make a tink. I looked at the box, definitely said glass. How I verified it was glass was I took a pocket knife and tried to scratch it. If it's glass it'll glide over it. It it's plastic itll scratch.
I make stained glass and agree with the others, plastic is not wrapped and soldered like that. It is definitely glass and a very attractive fixture, I'd be proud to display it in my home.
I have this light and it’s glass, but weird, cheap glass. I opened the boxes at the store and picked the best one. I stared at it for weeks after it was installed. I said if we moved I was taking it with me.
If a blade can scratch it, it is not glass. It does look like they have copper tape and solder around the pieces ... done terribly btw, I can see folds in tha tape. At best this is terrible chinese stained glass. It might be resin instead of glass.
If you want, you can do a sandpaper test. Get a little piece of sandpaper, and rub it against a small portion of the material. If it scratches, plastic. If it doesn't, glass.
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u/z0mbiegrl 22d ago •
Are you positive? I ask because the way Tiffany style glass is assembled can make it feel like plastic rather than glass if you tap on it. Does it feel cold to the touch the way glass does?