1530: "The Angel Gabriel"
1879: "Eggplants" from the Kemp residence, NYC
1893: "Field of Lilies"
1895: "The Guardian Angel"
1900: "Eagle" from "The Four Seasons"
1900: "Tiffany Four Seasons Window"
1904: "Bridge Building"
1904: Living Room Casement Window
1904: "Steam Engineering"
1905: "The Thomas Lynch Window"
1905: "Dining Room Cabinet Window"
2004: "Queen of Heaven"
2004: "Ornamental Urn"

 

"The Angel Gabriel"

Location: Portsmouth Abbey (origin: France, Normandy)
Creation Date: 1530
Restoration Date: 1996
URL: http://www.portsmouthabbey.org/

The restoration of 1996 addressed only the damage sustained from a recent fall. Prior to this accident, the window is described in Vol.15 of Studies in the History of Art "Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I)", "A few stopgaps have been used near the edges, and there is severe breakage."

 

"Eggplants" from the Kemp residence, NYC

Location: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL
Creation Date: 1879
Restoration Date: 2005
URL: http://www.morsemuseum.org/

This window and its mate "Squash", for the private residence of George Kemp, represents Tiffany's first commission and officially begins his commercial stained glass career.

 

"Field of Lilies"

Location: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL
Creation Date: 1893
Restoration Date: 1998
URL: http://www.morsemuseum.org

Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 establishes Tiffany's reputation as the world's preeminent designer of glass, and fostering his ascent in the commercial glass field to the Midwest and the rest of the United States. His "Chapel" demonstrates the rich variety of ecclesiastical works the firm is capable of producing. Tiffany is awarded fifty-four honorary medals at the Chicago Exposition.

 

"The Guardian Angel"

Location: First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, Lake Forest, Ill
Creation Date: 1895
Restoration Date: 1998

A painting by Heinrich Hofmann, now in the Dresden Museum, was the model for this window, chosen because the face resembled that of the donor's daughter. This 6' x 20' window was donated by Mrs. Simon Somerville Reid in memory of her daughter Lily Reid Holt and her husband Alfred Lincoln Holt. Also by Tiffany Studios for First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest: "FAITH" 1896 and "CHRIST & the PILGRIMS" 1897 restored by Venturella Studio, 1999 & 2000.

 

"Eagle" from "The Four Seasons"

Location: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL
Creation Date: 1900
Restoration Date: 2000
URL: http://www.morsemuseum.org

The Eagle, four Arabesque side panels, and five Decorative Urns surrounding four intimate views of the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter originally made up Tiffany’s "Four Seasons" window. It was first exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris where Tiffany's exhibit was awarded the Gold Medal. Incorporated into a circular design under the eagle's right wing is "LCT", while "FAVRILE", also in a circular design is under the left. In 1905-06 Tiffany divides "The Four Seasons" and installs individual panels in Laurelton Hall, his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

 

"Tiffany Four Seasons Window"

Location: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL
Creation Date: 1900
Restoration Date: 2000
URL: http://www.morsemuseum.org

The color images represent existing sections of The Four Seasons, arranged in their original placement for the Paris Exposition 1900. "Eagle", "urns", and "Border Panels" were restored by the Venturella Studio in 2000.

 

"Bridge Building"

Location: House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA
Creation Date: 1904
Restoration Date: 1989
URL: http://cpc.state.pa.us/

This 4' diameter, triple plated allegorical window depicts an aspect of life in the State of Pennsylvania.

 

Living Room Casement Window

Location: Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY
Creation Date: 1904
Restoration Date: 1990
URL: http://www.jlsloan.com

There is no name for this Wright design. Small pairs of casements were set around the first floor of the Martin House. Those which were located on the four sides of the massive, hollow interior piers by which the house was heated were later removed. Many of these are now in museum and private collections.

 

"Steam Engineering"

Location: House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA
Creation Date: 1904
Restoration Date: 1989
URL: http://cpc.state.pa.us

This 4' diameter, triple plated allegorical window depicts an aspect of life in the State of Pennsylvania.

 

"The Thomas Lynch Window"

Location: The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Creation Date: 1905
Restoration Date: 2001
URL: http://www.wmuseumaa.org

This window depicts a sheep farm in Ireland and was commissioned in 1905 for the Greensburg, Pennsylvania, residence of Thomas Lynch who was born in 1854 in Uniontown, PA. According to the family, the farm depicted in this window is that of Thomas' grandfather, in Ballyduff near Dungarvan, Ireland, in County Waterford. A period photo of 1896 provided by Lynch's descendants confirms this.

 

"Dining Room Cabinet Window"

Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin West, Scottsdale AZ
Creation Date: 1905
Restoration Date: 2005
URL: http://www.franklloydwright.org

The sumac motif, executed in gold iridized glass repeats the pattern of the Dining room breakfast nook in the Susan Lawrence Dana House in Springfield, Ill.

 

"Queen of Heaven"

Location: Privately owned
Creation Date: 2004

Inspired by the flesh and portrait painters of late 19th & early 20th century glass artists, works done by Indre McCraw are 100% hand painted and fired. There is no silk screen, photo transfer, airbrush, or any other mechanical process by which she achieves the final look of the piece.

 

"Ornamental Urn"

Location: Private residence, NYC
Creation Date: 2004

Work done by Indre McCraw is 100% hand painted and fired. There is no silk screen, photo transfer, airbrush, or any other mechanical process by which she achieves the final look of the piece.