Stained Glass

Chartres Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 11/07/2010 - 19:03

Chartres Cathedral has some of the most beautiful medieval stained glass windows to have survive the upheavals of the last 800 years. The earliest date from the mid 12th century, but most are from the 13th century.

Châteauvieux - St. Hilaire

walwyn Fri, 12/18/2009 - 23:07

Stained glass windows by Claudius and Noel Lavergne.

Childhood of Christ

walwyn Tue, 09/25/2012 - 21:17

This window (c1260), in the apse of Tours cathedral, contains sixteen scenes from the Annunciation to the Flight into Egypt.

Christ in Majesty - Stanford of Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Mon, 01/24/2011 - 00:48

[no-glossary]Christ in Majesty[/no-glossary] and the Virgin Enthroned (c1340) Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire.

Clayton & Bell

walwyn Sun, 04/18/2010 - 23:34

The company was found in 1855 by John Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-95) and continued making stained glass until 1993.

Clayton and Bell’s designs were initially manufactured by Heaton and Butler, with whom they shared a studio between 1859 and 1862. Robert Turnill Bayne, a Pre-Raphaelite artist, was originally employed as a designer with Clayton and Bell. Then in 1862, Baynes joined the firm of Heaton, and Butler, and Clayton and Bell began to manufacturer their own glass.

Coronation of Henry III - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 07/14/2014 - 22:04

This 1860 window by Clayton & Bell depicts the coronation of Henry III in St Peter's Abbey (later cathedral), Gloucester, on the 28th of October 1216. A second coronation was performed at Westminster Abbey on 7th May 1220, Westminster Abbey, because Pope Honorius III did not consider that the first coronation had been conducted properly.

Coronation of the Virgin

walwyn Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:39

This detail of the Magnificat window (1501) at Great Malvern Priory, spans three lights and represents the Coronation of the Virgin.

Courageux, Claude

walwyn Sat, 05/28/2011 - 08:40

Born in August 8, 1938 in Beuavais, Claude Courageux was educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent a number of years working with other glass makers in Paris, including working with Max Ingrand, and seven years working at the firm of Jacques Gruber.