2011, ISBN: 9781400068166

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. 100 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Exhibition held July 23, 1998 to January 31, 1999. Reprint of The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum o… Mehr…

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. 100 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Exhibition held July 23, 1998 to January 31, 1999. Reprint of The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 56, no. 1 (Summer 1998). Firm binding, clean inside copy. The exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Comfort Tiffany.. Paperback. Fine. 4to., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, 5, 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.It's 1893, and at the Chicago World's 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 women's 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 happiestthe professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart., Random House Publishing Group, 2011-01-11, 6<

2014, ISBN: 9781400068166

Flame Tree Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. New. new edition. 128 pages. 9.13x8.00x0.63 inches., Flame Tree Publishing, 2014, 6, Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn… Mehr…

Flame Tree Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. New. new edition. 128 pages. 9.13x8.00x0.63 inches., Flame Tree Publishing, 2014, 6, 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.It's 1893, and at the Chicago World's 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 women's 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 happiestthe professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart., Random House Publishing Group, 2011-01-11, 6<