Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass

Ex-library. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Profusely illustrated. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, and gilded top-edge. Points and hinges are rubbed, and spine ends are crushed. Decorative endpaper is split at hinges. Pages are lightly tanned but unmarked. The book is arranged in three parts: the Course of Craftsmanship, the Course of Design, and By the Way. The subjects discussed are the beginnings of glass, the making of a window, glazing, painted mosaic glass, medieval and renaissance glass painting, enamel painting, medallion windows, early grisaille, middle and late Gothic glass, sixteenth century and late renaissance windows, picture windows, Italian glass, tracery lights and rose windows, quarry windows, use of the canopy, the characteristics of style, style in modern windows, Jesse windows, story windows, windows worth seeing, restoration, and more. Hardcover, good condition. 420 pages, octavo.