Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

The newest from the author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue, this novel tells the fictionalized account of Clara Driscoll, a female artist who worked for Louis Comfort Tiffany at the turn of the century.  Clara works in the women’s division of Tiffany’s stained glass design studio and is instrumental in the conception and design of his famous stained glass lamps. Her love of art conflicts with her desire for fair treatment as a woman in a man’s world.  The book goes into breathtakingly vivid detail of the creation of Tiffany’s, and Clara’s, colorful windows and lamps. A must-read for art lovers!