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Antique Early Victorian Stained Glass Window with Painted Center
This is a drop dead gorgeous early Victorian stained glass window, circa 1875-1885, from the Pittsburgh area. This beautiful design is highly characteristic of the period. The early Victorian style was strongly influenced by English stained glass, thanks to the Centennial Exposition of 1876, which exposed Americans to international interior design. These modes immediately gained acceptance in America, and were widely imitated, however, the informal, sketchy painting style was unlike the highly controlled, realistic paintings coming out of old England. This type of window was used in American Victorian or Eclectic style architecture, and the unabashed use of a multitude of bright colors was only rivaled by the scandalously bright colors on the houses exteriors. This window is a good example of its type; packed with as much color as it can contain. All of the colors are cathedral types; the outer, white border is clear glass which has been etched, as is also seen in the centerpiece. The window measures 30 1/8" wide by 42" tall in its wood frame or sash, and the window alone measures 26" long x 38 1/4" tall. The sash is 1 3/8" thick, has a faux grained stain on the interior side, and the exterior side was painted white, but has been heavily scraped to remove all loose, peeling paint. The window has two vertical rebars soldered directly to the leads on the exterior side, and has four horizontal rebars on the interior side. The joints are similar to mortise and tenon, but with a squarish, wooden peg running through the center of each joint. One of the lower corners has some bad dryrot,(see photo 8) and the other lower corner is slightly separated from the vertical side. The rest of the frame is sound and solid. The window features a painted centerpiece of a bird family, done with kiln fired enamels and sandblasting on cobalt blue flashed glass. The yellow areas were done with silver stain. This is surrounded by a border of antique red flashed glass. (In the photos, t is some light glare on some of the red glass, which looks like it might be cracks, but it is only reflected glare.) The background is a checkerboard of pink and gold cathedral glass squares; all primitive glass types. The fill areas at top and bottom are a series of borders: a narrow, deep red, flashed hand blown glass border, followed by green alternating with purple cathedral squares, and lastly, a narrow blue border. Then the whole composition is surrounded by an exciting border of red flashed rectangles, accented by gold squares, and finally, at the perimeter is the etched white border. All of the colored glass has the texture you would expect to see in primitive glass of this era. The panel is truly a feast for the eyes, and for those that love the Victorian era, this is a great example of the aesthetic. This window has been partially restored, and t are no breaks or cracks in any of the glass. The painted centerpiece has had some of its major lines repainted, faithfully painting over the mostly faded, original lines, and mimicking their exact character and placement. The same techniques and kiln fired enamels were used (same as what was originally used) in the restoration. Two border pieces were replaced, one red, and one etched. These are perfectly matched to the original glass. The bottom perimeter lead was replaced with a new one, due to severe deterioration of the old one. Two small lead divisions were added to cover cracks. Multiple lead breaks were resoldered and patinaed. T is still a very slight bowing along one long edge, and very slight bowing along the top edge, but only visible when viewed from an oblique angle. The bottom rail of the frame has been sanded and stained dark on the interior side. This lower rail should probably be either replaced or patched, due to the one rotten corner. T is also a bit of old glazing and paint stuck to the etched perimeter glass and leading and t; only minimally distracting. All said, this is truly a gorg... 
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