Clara Driscoll

Thousands of hand-picked glass petals whimsically cascade down this iconic Tiffany lampshade. Preferring to invent experimental designs over simpler commercial ones, Clara Driscoll delighted in devising this distinctive and labor-intensive lamp. As head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department at Tiffany Studios, Driscoll led a team of over two dozen women creating multicolored windows, mosaics, and lamps. Driscoll and her “Tiffany Girls” exemplified the turn-of-the-twentieth century “New Woman”—independent, career-minded ladies living in New York City.