Clara and Mr. Tiffany (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Clara Wolcott Driscoll: Clara is a determined, talented designer/artist who must walk a fine line with Louis Tiffany to bring her designs to creation, while struggling with limitations of women during her lifetime. Head of the Women's Department of Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
• Louis Comfort Tiffany: The famous Mr. Tiffany is portrayed as the creative head, who doesn't want to think about the business side, who doesn't usually give credit to the true designers in his employ, and who has trouble dealing with his family. Not the most likeable character, flawed, but with extraordinary vision and artistic creativity himself, and the ability to nurture it in others.
• Wilhelmina A. Wihelmson: 17 year old Swede, 6 feet tall, big, blonde, bold. Artistic. One of the Tiffany Girls.
• Miss Agnes Northrop: Glass designer for Tiffany's. Not actually a Tiffany Girl, though she worked near them, but independently. She was Mr. Tiffany's first woman glass artist.
• Mary McVickar: One of the Tiffany Girls. Irish immigrant
• Miss Edith Mitchill: One of the Tiffany Girls - who specializes in creating the "cartoons," the enlarged working templates for the glass work. Founder of the National Association of Women Painters.
• Cornelia: One of the Tiffany Girls. Prussian immigrant.
• Mr. Henry Belknap: Artistic director of Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Supporter of Clara's work.
• Mr. Charles Tiffany: Father of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Founder of Tiffany and Company.
• Mr. Mitchell: Stout, pompous business manager of Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Concerned only with the bottom line of business. No artistic appreciation.Mr. I. M. Business as Clara calls him.
• Francis Driscoll: Deceased husband of Clara Driscoll. Twice her age and impotent. Left all his estate to a daughter of previous undisclosed relationship.
• Miss Merry Owens: Runs the boarding house at 44 Irving Place where Clara lives. Plump, dyed orange red hair, and a happy disposition.
• Dudley Carpenter: Artist, roomer at Owens Boarding house. Close friend of George and Hank. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, studied in Paris.
• Owens boarding house roomers:: Dr. Griggs; actor Mr. Bainbridge; Miss Hettie plays piano; Mr Hackley teaches singing; frumpish, dour, moral Mrs. Maggie Hackley plays zither; Miss LeFevre teaches French; Mr. Henry "Hank" McBride teaches art history, recites Whitman; Mr. Booth teaches accounting; Miss Francie - a delicate older woman
• George Waldo: Painter, artist, designer. A gay blade, and "nellie". Brother of Edwin. Witty, capricious, eccentric, gifted artist. Clara & George foster a beautiful friendship.
• Edward "Bernard" Booth: English boarder at Miss Owens. An accountant.
• Mr. Henry "Hank" McBride: A writer, lover of poetry and Walt Whitman. Writes art editorials for papers and magazines.
• Arthur Nash: Tiffany Furnace glasshouse manager at Corona
• Tom Manderson: Gaffer and chief craftsman of a glassblowing team at Tiffany Furnace.
• Alice Gouvy: Grew up with Clara in Tallmadge, Ohio. Studied at he Art Students League in NYC. Becomes one of the Tiffany girls. Eventually returned to her birth place to become a teacher.
• Joe Briggs: Tiffany mosaic artist
• Frank: Deaf and dumb janitor at Tiffany Glass. Clara learns sign language to communicate with him.
• Edwin Waldo: George's serious brother, an advocate and crusader for the immigrants and needy. Handsome, attracted to Clara.
• Carrie McNicholl: One of the Tiffany Girls. Helped Clara with accounting paperwork.

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1. Susan Vreeland (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PS3572.R34C63 2010
• Dewey: 813.54

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Appropriate for young adults as well.

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical