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Three triple-light windows with corresponding tracery in eastern apse wall. Piper's first completed public commission in stained glass. Commissioned by The Worshipful Company of Grocers, who patronage dates back to the school's founding, for the 400th anniversary of the school. [4] [1] 1955–60 Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Patrick Reyntiens
The tradition of stained glass manufacture has continued, with mosques, palaces, and public spaces being decorated with stained glass throughout the Islamic world. The stained glass of Islam is generally non-pictorial and of purely geometric design, but may contain both floral motifs and text.
Medieval stained glass is the colored and painted glass of medieval Europe from the 10th century to the 16th century. For much of this period stained glass windows were the major pictorial art form, particularly in northern France, Germany and England, where windows tended to be larger than in southern Europe (in Italy, for example, frescos were more common).
Whall subsequently made several versions of this triptych in stained glass. The second window is a four-light traceried window entitled "The Holy Spirit and Pentecost". This window was designed by Whall and made by him and his team of assistants at 1, Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith.
One of the most prestigious stained glass commissions of the 19th century, the re-glazing of the 13th-century east window of Lincoln Cathedral, Ward and Nixon, 1855. A revival of the art and craft of stained-glass window manufacture took place in early 19th-century Britain, beginning with an armorial window created by Thomas Willement in 1811–12. [1]
Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass.