Several pieces showed a right angle and traces of a grozer on the edge. A varied thickness adds to their nuances.” The greens had been blown in a roundel which he could surmise because of the presence of part of the outer rim. Jean Lafond’s gripping story tells how, in the desert west of Palmyra in 1937, David Schlumberger, director of excavations, showed Lafond a cache of 115 colored glass fragments that Lafond described as “Greenish white, bluish white, moss green, two tobacco yellows (one more gold than the other), burnt sienna, smokey, three purples (one near wine, one more brown), a garnet of great beauty and two violet purples. These slabs are called “dalles” from a French word meaning “paving stone.” The pieces of faceted-glass window are held together by
History o f octagon windows windows#
It usually looks milky and is held together by lead or copper cames.įaceted windows are made from slabs of glass ranging anywhere from one-half inch to three or four inches in thickness. The opalescent glass is that glass which is nearly opaque. Often the glass is highly textured to the point of using a three-dimensional glass for the folds of drapery or wings of an angel. The enamels actually change the color of the light but are applied only to the surface of the glass and are fired on as enamels on copper. Tiffany using colored enamels and opalescent glass. The art-glass form was made popular by Louis C. The paint is an oxide of lead - usually black, dark brown, or dark red. It is usually one-eighth inch think and is held together by lead “cames.” Designs and features may be painted on in solid lines and fired in, and the glass may be shaded by putting on a light coat of paint which does not change the color but cuts down the amount of light passing through to meet the eye. The leaded is what we normally refer to as stained glass even though the term “stained glass” means any colored glass.
Stained glass comes in three basic forms today: leaded, art, and faceted.
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