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Design for stained glass window

Stained Glass Design
1923 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: Design for the East window of St.Chad's Church, Far Headingley, Yorkshire, showing the Creation, 1923. Inscribed in pencil on the back of the mount purple winged angel more purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for stained glass window
Materials and techniques
Silhouetted photographs with coloured ink washes mounted onto card
Brief description
Design for stained glass by Margaret Edith Aldrich Rope, ca.1950
Physical description
General Description: Design for the East window of St.Chad's Church, Far Headingley, Yorkshire, showing the Creation, 1923. Inscribed in pencil on the back of the mount purple winged angel more purple.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 53cm
  • Size of sheet width: 33cm
Size of sheet 53 x 33 cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Mary Nottingham, the niece of the artist
Object history
Exhibitions: see E.228-1990

Notes: The Creation design for St.Chad's Church was the artist's first major commission and like many of her later windows was instigated by her friend J. Harold Gibbons, the church architect.
Production
Stained glass
Bibliographic reference
See E.228-1990
Collection
Accession number
E.234-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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