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Pair of antique Scottish Stained Glass windows 20"x30
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You are bidding on a pair of stained glass windows made in Scotland in the early part of the last century, probably around 1900 - 1925. These antiques are in excellent condition and are offered for sale in their original frames. The phototograph accurately shows how several types of clear glass have been used, highlighted with tones of blue and yellow ochre. Each window is 20" wide by 30" high.
The elegeant design presents a quite formal composition and may well have adorned the windows of a baronial home of an old Scottishfamily. Scottish architecture developedits own form 'domestic' castle that were popular with city dwellers seeking to recall the grandeur of days past. Complete with cavernous reception rooms and servants' quarters, these imposing stone mansions were later converted to business premises at which point the original windows were removed and that is how they come to be available to you. Put a piece of Scotland in your home ! Please email me with any questions. I will charge you the actual shipping cost depending on your preferences. Note that I have a few other pieces of stained glass of various sizes so if you're looking for something in particular, I'd be happy to email pictures of what I have. For more about the history of Scottish Stained Glass read on .. In a harsh climate of many overcast days, stained glass was used mostly as decoration in the front windows and doors of houses in Glasgow and other cities and towns in Scotland. In better quality tenements it would have appeared in windows in the stairwells. The glass offered for sale originates from buildings demolished as part of Glasgow's urban renewal program which had begun in the 1960's and continued through the 1970's. This program began with the intention of ridding Glasgow of the "worst slums in Europe", a description that had been provided by a visiting politician, and which was used as a rallying cry for a complete overhaul of Glasgow's housing stock. With large sections of the inner city being laid waste, city planners were granted wide powers to reshape the city and took the opportunity to create of one of the UK's first urban freeway systems providing rapid access to the city centre from the growing suburbs and major road network. Under these programs, many acres of housing were demolished and the stained glass in many cases, destroyed with them. Parallel to this city sponsored destruction, was destruction caused by owners themselves who wished to move with the times and remove the period characteristics of their homes. However, by the 1980's, the modernisation program was beginning to run out of steam. Firstly, the housing that had been built to replace the slums were themselves becoming slums, designed as they had been for use in milder climates - the fabric of the buildings began to deteriorate and problems with condensation caused health problems for the tenants. The cost of demolishing and replacing the housing with what was a much inferior product began to overtake the cost of gutting and renovating the existing buildings. Also, the horror of city residents as more and more good housing that had formed neighbourhood districts for generations of dwellers were destroyed to make room for yet another freeway or unpopular tower block, let to a mini revolt against the modernization program. This led to an appreciation of the original style of Glasgow and the features that made it unique, including the stained glass. Ultimately it led to a renaissance in many of the city's unique design elements including the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a world renowned architect and designer who had been forgotten by the city. This rise in civic pride culminated in the "Glasgow's Miles Better" slogan aimed at attracting investment to the city but also reflecting citizens' new found confidence and respect for their heritage. This finally put a stop to the destruction of the older buildings to the point that today, any accommodation offering "original features", including original stained glass, can... 
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