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Danford Chapel clerestory today's Daily Wright

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:26 am
by Palli Davis Holubar
Todays' Daily Wright image is an image I need to discuss. SDR, (I think you receive Daily Wright) would you post it please?

It is a photo of the Danford Chapel (Minor Chapel, 1954) at FSC; a view of the terrace and clerestory windows. These appear to be rippled orange colored glass and clear rippled glass.
There is a lower left to upper right diagonal dark (wood?) mullion. A shorter vertical mullion divides the resulting resting triangle.
There are 4 vertical pieces of colored glass: one at the right and left sides of the windows, the short side of each triangle, and one flanking each side of the mullion bisecting the resting triangle.
The clerestory rectangle shape is divided in half because the vertical dark mullion is directly on mark with the join in the clear class section above.
Storrer identifies them as leaded glass joins.

From the picture this does not seem to be a perf window (cut out wood panel). Can any one confirm the fabrication as window mullions? wood?

Do the other glass windows behind the altar also use mullions to divide colored and clear glass panes?

How does this relate to the assembly room windows at Jiyu Gakuen (1921) with wood panel sections?


(BTW, in ordinary modern stained glass terms rippled is often called FLW glass. Like he was the only one using it?)

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:16 am
by DavidC

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:58 am
by Paul Ringstrom
What the heck is "Daily Wright" ??

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:48 am
by SDR
Image

Photo © Dave Anderson

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:53 am
by SDR
I have a small history in the stained glass trade; commercially-made colored glass with irregular features is called cathedral glass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_glass

SDR

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:20 pm
by Palli Davis Holubar
David Johnson surprises many people each workday morning with an email photograph from his collection of Wright building photos. I think his email list grows by word of mouth. I hope he reads Wrightchat and will take on more people.

SDR, I probably heard a colloquial name.

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:07 pm
by SDR
Here's something. Not the same window band, but the same structure ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giveawaybo ... otostream/

Lots of other colored glass, further on. I guess this building predates Ronchamp by several years ?

SDR