Thanks to their elaborate ornamentation, Victorians are far from cookie-cutter, and this one makes its commanding presence known with archways and stained-glass windows. It’s this way from the get-go.
The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. In an 1886 catalog, the Belcher ...
In the heyday of Victorian stained glass windows in America, the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, stained glass was considered an important accessory to the home for individuals ...
James Hughes on his choice of the East Window of St James’s Church, Staveley, Cumbria by Edward Burne-Jones ‘Walking the Dales Way one sodden November, I rested my weary legs in the porch of St ...
Sophisticated technology is being used to guide urgent and costly repairs of one of Beverley Minster's most impressive features. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get ...
Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel, Pittsford, N.Y., 2003 / Third Generation (Valerie O’ Hara, designer). (Photo courtesy of Pike Stained Glass Studios) Back in the early 2000s, I enrolled in a writing ...
A new stained glass window, designed by an internationally acclaimed artist, has been unveiled in a 12th Century church. The artwork by Thomas Denny has been installed in St John's Church in Tisbury, ...