Clara Driscoll, designer

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Clara Driscoll (1861-1944) of Tallmadge, Ohio, was the creator of the first Tiffany lamp as well as the designer and maker of many later lamps including the Wisteria, the Dragonfly, and the Peony. She was in charge of the Tiffany Studios' Women's Glass Cutting Department (the "Tiffany Girls") who chose the colors of the glass for the Tiffany company.

[edit] References

• A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls D Giles Limited: London.
• New-York Historical Society to Shine “A New Light on Tiffany”
• Kastner, Jeffrey, "Out of Tiffany's Shadow, a Woman of Light," New York Times, Arts and Leisure, 25 February 2007