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Though some of the company's managers voiced skepticism about the expensive Tiffany Engine-turned money clip sales potential, Tiffany himself did not -- and he immediately ordered samples for his London and Paris stores as well as New York. Two years later, Driscoll's pioneering "Dragonfly" lamp won a gold medal after being showcased in Tiffany's celebrated booth at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. Despite that high profile, Tiffany Elsa Peretti until the development of "Tiffany Lamps: Objects of Utility, Objects of Art" has any exhibit focused on the ways in which craftsmanship, function and design united to produce this decorative arts milestone. Organized by the renowned Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York, the revealing show brings together more than Tiffany Eternal Link Cross pendant stellar examples of the firm's work -- including several one-of-a-kind pieces -- to explore how this hallmark artistic form was inspired, conceived and created. "It's very easy to be mesmerized by the color and beauty of these lamps. And Tiffany would have loved that," says Kelly Conway, curator of glass at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Tiffany Figure Eight pendant the exhibit opens Wednesday for a 10-week run. "But this show not only offers some very inviting objects to look at but a lot of new research and scholarship, too, especially regarding the origin of the designs and the craftsmanship required to carry them out. You could easily have a not-so-great Tiffany if you were not careful." Trained at Cleveland's Western Reserve School of Design for Women and the Metropolitan Museum of Art School, Driscoll rose quickly, becoming head of Tiffany's newly formed Women's Glass Cutting Department in 1892.