Clara and Mr. Tiffany (Hardcover) by Susan Vreeland

from dgmlrhodes

I loved the story of Clara Driscoll, who was the real force behind the Tiffany Lamps at the turn of the century. I found this story facinating on so many levels: -The story reflects the true soul and passions of an artist. Being someone who enjoys art, I believe Susan Vreeland captured the real e...

from Olivermagnus

Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland4.5 StarsSusan Vreeland's novel Clara and Mr. Tiffany is based on fact. Clara Driscoll worked for Louis Comfort Tiffany and was instrumental in many of the company's glass designs. In this novel, the author suggests that the famous Tiffany lamps were Clara's...

from sushitori

Engrossing look into the production of Tiffany glass and the "Tiffany girls". Turns out that women designed many of the lamps and mosaics, especially the real life Clara Driscoll, a great artist who didn't get credit for her designs during her life. Clara inspired the women workers to be creative...

from ForeignCircus

This is a tough review for me because despite the fact that I really wanted to love this book, I just couldn't. I found Clara a strangely flat character despite the interesting times in which she lived; it was hard for me to feel an emotional connection to her. I always felt that Clara was remote...

from whitreidtan

History is written by the victors, those with money, and for a long time, exclusively by men. Women's contributions to arts and sciences remained all but unacknowledged with others being given credit for their innovations. Susan Vreeland's novel Clara and Mr. Tiffany probes one such omission and ...