Stained glass panel
Category
Stained glass
Date
1600 - 1824
Materials
Lead, Stained
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500279.2
Summary
A panel of stained glass with two distinct sections; to the top a shield bearing the arms of Smith of Withcote impalled by the same; and below a shield bearing the arms of Chetwode with 11 quarters. The lower shield has a border of acid-etched and coloured glass. The panel around is filled by a variety of fragments including the Legh of Lyme crest in the top left corner.
Provenance
Much of the stained glass at Lyme Park was originally made for display in St Mary's Church, Disley. Some of this glass was removed in the early nineteenth century by Thomas Legh and re-housed in the Drawing Room and Porter's Lodge, probably during Wyatt's remodelling, which began in 1814. Other fragments may be European in origin, dating from a range of periods; it is thought that Thomas Legh may have collected these examples during his travels abroad.