Window
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907)
Category
Glass
Date
1893
Materials
Glass, Lead
Measurements
1460 x 300 mm
Collection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1292577.8
Summary
One of nine plain glass leaded windows beneath the stained glass windows in the Great Parlour. Geometric designs, which mirror the plain glass sections of the stained glass windows above, are encased in a wooden frame with decorative carved flowers at the top of the arch tracery. Each window has a repeating vertical pattern of a star made up of eight parallelogram shaped pieces of glass and a star made up of four parallelogram shaped pieces of glass and two square pieces of glass. The pieces of glass that complete the outer edge of the design are triangular and square, with two heart shaped pieces at the top of the window.
Provenance
Designed by Kempe for Wightwick Manor and installed 1893.
Makers and roles
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907), designer