19th century

Mary Magdalene in the Garden - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

Mary Magdalene in the Garden - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window, dated 1893 and signed by Jones & Willis, is located in the church at Tiffield. It depicts the meeting of Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ in the garden, the Noli me tangere episode described in the Gospel of St John .

Mauméjean

Active: 1860–1957
Mauméjean

Mauméjean were a family of stained glass designers and manufacturer that were established in South western France, originally in Pau in1860, and later to Biarritz and Madrid.

Mayer & Co.

Active: 1847 –

Mayer & Co. (Königliche Bayerische Hofkunstanstalt) was founded in Munich in 1847 by Joseph Gabriel Mayer. The firm became one of the most influential nineteenth-century stained-glass studios in Europe and developed an extensive export market, particularly in Britain, Ireland, and North America.

Memorial Window to Arthur William Grant - Maidford Northamptonshire

Memorial Window to Arthur William Grant - Maidford Northamptonshire

Situated in the east window of the south aisle, of the church of St Peter and St Paul , Maidford, Northamptonshire, this stained-glass memorial commemorates Arthur William Grant, who died on 19 December 1878, aged fifty-five. The window was installed circa 1880, by John Hardman & Co. of Birmingham, whose workshop was among the foremost exponents of the Gothic Revival style.

Morris & Co.

Active: 1861–1940
Morris & Co.

Founded in 1861 as Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company, the firm was established by the socialist artist, designer, and writer William Morris as a retailer and workshop for decorative arts and furnishings. From the outset, the company was conceived as a collaborative enterprise, bringing together artists and designers who shared a commitment to the revival of traditional craftsmanship and a rejection of industrialised mass production.

 

Morris, William

Active: 1856–1896
Morris, William

William Morris (1834–1896) stands as one of the central figures in the revival of British stained glass during the second half of the nineteenth century. Through the firms Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and later Morris & Co., his designs — and those of his close collaborators, especially Edward Burne-Jones , Ford Madox Brown, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti — transformed the visual language of Victorian church decoration.

 

 

Nave windows - Avon Dassett

Six lancet windows, by Hardman and company, in the nave of St Joseph, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire.

 

 

 

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