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Tillinghast Studios stained glass windows
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Musical Saints: Easter Window Based on Psalm 149 Installed 1906 ![]() Watercolor - Musical Saints: Easter Window The usual first step in designing and fabricating a stained glass window is to paint a watercolor. Once the design is agreed to and a contract is signed, the studio will proceed to draw a cartoon. Details of the watercolor below: ![]() Detail - Watercolor - Musical Saints: Easter Window Tracery ![]() Detail - Watercolor - Musical Saints: Easter Window Angel playing trumpet ![]() Detail - Watercolor - Musical Saints: Easter Window Reduced size angel playing musical instrument in lower corner is typical Tillinghast and is sometimes used to identify unsigned windows by her. ![]() Musical Saints: Easter Window Details below: ![]() Detail: Musical Saints: Easter Window ![]() Detail: Musical Saints: Easter Window ![]() Detail: Musical Saints: Easter Window ![]() Detail: Musical Saints: Easter Window Angel in lower right corner is typical Tillinghast and is sometimes used to identify unsigned windows by her. ![]() Detail: Musical Saints: Easter Window Most studios use enamel on stained glass window memorial wording, but Tillinghast usually uses individual pieces of glass, instead. |
Baptism of Jesus Installed 1907. Subject matter and location (east transept) chosen because the baptismal font and reredos, also designed by Mary Tillinghast, are located in the same transept. ![]() Baptism of Jesus Details below: ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus Angels above the scene; saints flank the scene. Opalescent glass except for enameled faces and hands. ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus Right panel: St. John the Baptist ![]() ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus Panel #4: saint. Border glass includes jewels. ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus ![]() Detail: Baptism of Jesus |
New Jerusalem Installed in the second building in 1897 and moved to this building in 1906. ![]() Details below: ![]() Detail: New Jerusalem Panel #3 ![]() Detail: New Jerusalem Depicts Jesus and a woman, pausing in her daily life. ![]() Detail: New Jerusalem ![]() Detail: New Jerusalem Bottom panels |