Thursday, March 11, 2010

Stained Glass News

Read the latest news about stained glass from around the world.

Rarest Of Tiffany Lamps For Sale

What is being called the "Holy Grail of Tiffany lamps", a sublime stained-glass shade of lilies in soft hues of pink and green, cascading down in an oblong bell to a bronze base molded to resemble the delicate pads in the water is being offered for sale by the Macklowe Gallery in New York for a mere $3.5 million.

Benjamin Macklowe, of the Macklowe Gallery, said his firm waited for this year's Winter Antiques show to reveal the lamp, which would have cost $400 in 1906 (about a year's pay for a well-employed person.) There's only one left in the world for sale -- the other seven variations are in museums or private collections

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Nun Creating Stained Glass Masterpiece

Sister Anne Therese Kelly, a Franciscan nun and Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Felician College, is leaving an enduring legacy of beauty with a work in stained glass for a campus building.

Kelly, whose specialty is stained glass, is creating a skylight with Franciscan imagery for the historical Iviswold Castle, a 19th century building on the Rutherford campus of Felician College in New Jersey.

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Rare Tiffany Stained Glass Windows In Montreal

The exhibition “Tiffany Glass: A Passion for Colour” will be shown in Montreal from February 12 to May 2, 2010. It is the first exhibition of this magnitude on one of the most famous American designers, Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933), to be presented in Canada.

Developed and produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, it will highlight Tiffany’s remarkable contribution to the design and technology of glass, which earned him an international reputation.
   

Stained Glass Quarterly Debuts New Website

You can now find The Stained Glass Quarterly online at stainedglassquarterly.com! Right now, this site duplicates the information available on the www.stainedglass.org site, but in a whole new, more usable format. Future updates will be done at the new site.
   
Tavern On The Green Stained Glass

Tavern on the Green To Auction Off Stained Glass

If you have ever been to New York's Tavern on the Green, you may know that it has closed its doors deep in debt. They will be liquidating their restaurant fixtures next week at a public auction.

The location had a large amount of stained glass items, most of which will be auctioned off.

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