I’ve just finished reading a book called Clara and Mr.Tiffany by Susan Vreeland and so it was fun to see several panels of Tiffany Glass exhibited on display when I visited the Metropolitan Museum in N.Y.C. last week.
From the book I learned alot about the delicate process of “painting” with glass shards and also about the women who designed many of the nature inspired pieces in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. They were a small group of young, single,and talented women who worked together and were fiercely devoted to their art . Women who worked tirelessly and were immensely proud of their creations.
A Tiffany Window
Mr. Tiffany made it mandatory that all female employees remain unmarried. If they chose to marry they could no longer work with him at the Tiffany Studio. Very interesting….”We’ve come a long way baby” . Imagine how that requirement would be received today!
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Beautiful works of Art. Sounds like a good book, I am putting it on my “list”.