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Clara and Mr. Tiffany : a novel / by Susan Vreeland.
The bestselling author of "The Girl in Hyacinth Blue" returns with her sixth book, which creates a dynamic portrait of Clara Driscoll: lead designer for Louis Comfort Tiffany and a woman conflicted between her desires for artistic recognition and romantic love.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400068166 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiii, 405 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2011.
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| Subject: | Driscoll, Clara, 1861-1944 > Fiction. Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933 > Fiction. Tiffany and Company > History > Fiction. Women glass artists > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithers Public Library | F VRE (Text) | 35101000322938 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Hoping to honor his father and the family business with innovative glass designs, Louis Comfort Tiffany launches the iconic Tiffany lamp as designed by womenâs division head Clara Driscoll, who struggles with the mass production of her creations and grieves the losses of two husbands. By the author ofThe Girl in Hyacinth Blue . - Baker & Taylor
Hoping to honor his father and the family business with innovative glass designs, Louis Comfort Tiffany launches the iconic Tiffany lamp as designed by women's division head Clara Driscoll, who struggles with the mass production of her creations. - Random House, Inc.
Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn of the twentieth century, from the Gilded Age world of formal balls and opera to the immigrant poverty of the Lower East Side, bestselling author Susan Vreeland again breathes life into a work of art in this extraordinary novel, which brings a woman once lost in the shadows into vivid color.
Itâs 1893, and at the Chicago Worldâs Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows, which he hopes will honor his family business and earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his womenâs division. Publicly unrecognized by Tiffany, Clara conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which he is long remembered.
Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a professional woman, which ultimately force her to protest against the company she has worked so hard to cultivate. She also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in different ways to five men, including Tiffany, who enforces to a strict policy: he does not hire married women, and any who do marry while under his employ must resign immediately. Eventually, like many women, Clara must decide what makes her happiestâthe professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.
