"Saint Bridgit"

Rare16th century French antique stained glass window.
Depicting Bridgit of Kildare, an Irish nun and founder of a convent
in Belgium. Dated around 1525-30 and hand painted on
"Pot" coloured glass using silver stain paints. (Medieval glass artists achieved a very high quality of skill in the colouring of glass, and the industry thrived across Europe until the mid-16th century.) The window is in five framed sections, was restored and re-leaded in the 1920's and has recently undergone further restoration in accordance to the technical guidelines of the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi.
It is exceptionally rare to fine medieval windows in this
condition. Also see Rel226 for a similar window.

Province: It is believed that the set of four windows were
purchased by renowned US decorator Dorothy Draper who was hired by Col. Harry E Stewart in 1934 to design the interior of the penthouse at the historic Dallas Stoneleigh Hotel. Although the hotel featured ornate plaster ceilings, marble floors and 500 year old English oak panelling, the windows were never used and were sent
to the UK soon after to be stored in the crypt of St Giles Church, Spokes Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, where they were kept
for the past 60 years until recently. They were found in a wooden crate with the following information:
"To The Vicarage, Stoke Poges, Bucks, England.
From Col Harry E. Stewart, 5115 East Grand Ave Dallas, Texas"

Each Window Measures Approx:
 126" high x 25½" wide  - 3m 20cm h x 65cm w

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