A New Light on TiffanyClara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
Published by GILES in association with the New-York Historical Society
Publish Date — March 2007 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 200 pages, 279 x 216 mm (8 ½ x 11 in.), portrait
Illustrations — 76 colour and 30 b & w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£29.99/US$49.95
ISBN — 1-904832-35-0
ISBN — 978-1-904832-35-5
Book Details (pdf) — A_New_Light_On_Tiffany_ai.pdf
Sales Points
Presents brand new information about the creative process behind the production of lamps, stained glass panels and other wonderful products of the Tiffany Studios, as well as the individuals behind the products and designs
Fully illustrated with over 70 colour plates of wonderful Tiffany lamps, stained-glass panels and glass mosaics
Features a wealth of rare black-and-white archival images
About the Book
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) is celebrated today as one of the most influential creative designers of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. Recent scholarly books and exhibitions have explored Tiffany's creative genius and marketing savvy, as well as his success in elevating the status of decorative arts in America.
Though the products of Tiffany Studios—from stained glass windows and lamps to metalwork, enamels, furniture, and textiles—have been justly acclaimed for their artistic value, the process of creating these objects and the individuals involved have remained mostly obscure. Recently discovered correspondence written by Ohio-born Clara Driscoll, head of the so-called "Women's Glass Cutting Department" at Tiffany Studios, reveals in convincing and vivid detail how it was in fact Driscoll who generated designs for such masterpieces as the famous Wisteria, Dragonfly and Peony goods.
A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls presents the celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the women who laboured behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name.In this ground-breaking book, the authors explore the role of the "Tiffany girls"—the 27 women responsible for making Tiffany lamps, windows, mosaics, and other luxury goods—and their talented leader and designer, Clara Driscoll. At the heart of the book are over 50 Tiffany lamps, windows, ceramics, enamels and mosaics, supplemented by a wide array of related documents and archival photographs.
The volume also features biographies on all the women workers – the “Tiffany Girls”.
