A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls (Hardcover)

by Margi Hofer (Author)

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Product Description
Presents celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the women who labored behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name.

About the Author
Margi Hofer is Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at New-York Historical Society.Martin Eidelberg is Professor Emeritus of Art History at Rutgers University and is author of Vendome's recently published Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany (2005)Nina Gray is co-author of the recent exhibition publication Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages (2004)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: D. Giles Ltd. (July 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904832350
• ISBN-13: 978-1904832355
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #555,665 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the central role of women artists and others in Tiffany creations, September 4, 2007

By	Henry Berry "Henry Berry" (Southport, CT) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Looking into how the highly-valued Tiffany lamps and other fine objects came to be, the three authors disclose the critical, unique part Clara Driscoll had in this. Driscoll served as a major creative force for many Tiffany lamps by her own artistic sense and as director of a staff of other talented women. Recently found correspondence of Driscoll's--an Ohio native who lived from 1861 to 1944--verifies that she was mostly responsible for the classic Tiffany designs of the Wisteria, Dragonfly, and Peony.

The authors do not aim to devalue Louis Comfort Tiffany's (1848-1933) role and reputation in giving Driscoll her due. They seek mainly to lay out a broader, more informed understanding of the creation of the timeless Tiffany works. Parts of the book go beyond Driscoll's place in the company to see her as representative of sprightly, adventuresome, and bright young American woman coming into the American workforce and into large cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Besides Driscoll, there were a number of other similarly-talented and -natured women who contributed to the inimitable design and outstanding status of the Tiffany lamps and other objects. Collectively known as the "Tiffany Girls," many are pictured in available period photographs; and all known are given biographical notes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent For Both Scholars and the Casually Interested, May 9, 2009

By	Randal J. Loy "Stained Glass Researcher" (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls

I found this book fascinating, as I have been researching the stained glass windows and other memorial gifts in the Nave of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri, the Cathedral Church of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri. Agnes Fairchild Northrop (1857-1953) was discussed in this book, and there were two photographs of her. I was eager to learn about her because the largest Tiffany window in our Cathedral is based on a window Agnes designed in 1910 for Helen Miller Gould, and I wanted to include as much information about her as I could in the book I'm preparing.

But the stories of Clara Driscoll and the other "Tiffany girls" were just so interesting to me, and it was almost like having been there, and being able to see and experience all the events and activities behind the man and his art glass company which has certainly attained mythic heights in American culture. The research was detailed and impeccable.

And the price was so reasonable!

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