Inching Along
Today, I got the very wide center stained-glass panel back in place. Fully restored and in a restored wood sash. The panel is like 8-feet wide.
The panel is the centerpiece of the dining room.
F A B U L O U S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
This stained-glass panel is the final one restored by Hoefer Stained Glass (thanks Scott and Eric!) as part of the 2015 Heritage Trust Fund grant. About 2/3 of the 42 stained glass windows in the Cross House were restored by Hoefer as part of the grant. The final 1/3 will be restored as part of the 2017 grant!
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It’s glorious !
Fabulous! So beautiful. You must be very happy today.
In other news: I need a window like that in my dining room. Seriously. Even a grilled cheese sandwich would taste fancy in a room with a window like that.
Barb, I immediately pictured a stained glass grilled cheese in your dining room window 🙂 Ross, the window is amazing.
I did the same! Let’s not forget a side of stained glass chocolate milk on there, for good measure 😀
Phenomenal! Bravo!
Magnificent! Even more glorious in person–pebblibg texture appears opalescent & the faceted jewels exquisite! The ewer & fruit gorgeous! Just wondrous!
So incredibly beautiful!
Wunderbar…Sieht das fantastisch aus!
Absolutely beautiful. I simply cannot wait to see the stained-glass when I schedule a tour this fall. I have been making stained-glass pieces as a hobby for 30 years, but this is truly humbling. I couldn’t do anything that would begin to compare but I am soooo happy that Ross is restoring this beauty in the Cross House. It will be absolutely breathtaking if/when he completes it. I say that with absolutely no criticism…just awe.
This is exquisite work Ross!
I am glad to see your new post. After four posts on the seventeenth, I have been rushing to my e-mail to see if there was a new one, because I knew that you were working on this window next. I may have been having withdrawal symptoms.
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It looks so wonderful that I wish you would show before and after pictures of just the window I can be even more amazed.
You could do a whole book of before and after photos of all forty two windows when they are done. I don’t believe that I have ever seen stained glass in the way it is shown in this blog. Usually one sees a panel here and there apart from its original location. There is no context, nor is there any sense of the reason for it. I have only seen it in its original setting when it has been for institutional use such as in a school, library, government building, or other grand buildings.
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It would be wonderful if you could find out the name of the artist who originally made them. Are the designs those of the architect of the house or of the maker? I suspect it had to have been a collaboration. Did one shop do all of the windows? Was it a local artist. I love knowing all of the contextual information.
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Thank you so much for sharing these experiences with us in this blog. You really feed my creative energy.
Hi, Stewart!
I have no information on the stained-glass in the house. While much of the house is filled with catalog items (mantels, doors, trim) I suspect that the stained-glass was all designed by the architect, Charles Squires. In his own house a block away there are two stained-glass panels which exactly match one in the Cross House sewing room.
I want to be a MILLIONAIRE!
Regis,
I want to use one of my lifelines. I’d like to ask the internet. Is there a way of finding out the names of the stained glass artists or companies who were in the business in the 1890’s, who or which Charles Squires may have had make the windows for the Cross House? and for a bonus question, did they have some way of signing their work? If that doesn’t produce the answer I need, I’d like to call Ross’s friend Bo to see if he knows.
All kidding aside, I know that in the 1890’s, most major cities and many smaller ones had directories of businesses and what they did. The ones for Baltimore have been made available on line. Maybe the ones in the midwest are too. Isn’t there a research minded person out there who has the interest, time and patience to give this search a try. Maybe there are clues in the locations of other vendors, if known, that Squires used.
I sent the two replies above separately because they were repeatedly rejected as a single reply. I tried for two days before splitting them. Maybe there is a limit on how much one can post in a reply, but I certainly didn’t have that problem when I explained how to use some of my woodworking techniques. I just don’t understand how these things work.
In reality, I am so amazed that so many people from all overran put in their thoughts, that I will just go back to the view that it is all magic!
Just beautiful.
That is extraordinary! I’d love to know who created the originals. Any clue?