Stained Glass Appeal
We need your help to raise £75,000 to conserve and re-install William Bell Scott's original stained glass on the la…
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Stained glass 1140–1250
The earliest stained glass panels in the V&A date from about 1140-4. This panel is made up of small, irregularly sh…
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Stained glass 1240–1380
This panel is known as a grisaille panel. 'Grisaille' is a term used for panels of clear glass with simple, often m…
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English stained glass 1325–1520
In the late medieval period, both religious and secular settings often displayed panels or roundels of coloured gla…
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French stained glass 1510–1540
These three panels are from a large narrative window dedicated to the story of the Life of St Peter, originally fro…
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German and Swiss stained glass 1470–1510
Lukas Zeiner was a glass painter and glazier. He is recorded in the town records of Zurich between 1479 and 1512. Z…
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Netherlandish painted glass 1500–1530
This roundel is formed from a single circular pane of glass. The glass-painter drew the design with a simple brown/…
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Painted glass 1550–1700
This panel illustrates very well the art of 'painting on glass'. Instead of forming part of the design, lead lines …
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Stained and painted glass 1770–1870
The 19th century in Europe opened with a widespread interest in the religious art of the medieval church. Artists a…
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Stained and painted glass 1900–1960
Harry Clarke was one of the great masters of 20th-century stained glass. Many of his windows, such as this one, are…
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Making a stained glass panel
The panel being made in this video is a replica of a piece of stained glass from around 1375. The original panel on…
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From Cloister to Museum
The V&A collections include a series of 38 panels from the cloister of the Premonstration Abbey of Steinfeld, in the Eifel region between Cologne and Trier. The journey made from Steinfeld to the V&A is a dramatic and difficult one and it helps to explain how much change stained glass can undergo during its lifetime.
The Resurrection of Death on a Pale Horse
Various conservation treatments had to be carried out before this English stained glass panel could be placed on display.
Stained glass from Mariawald Abbey: design & symbolism
The pairing of events from the Old Testament with scenes from the Life of Christ could be found in late medieval printed blockbooks, for example the Biblia Pauperum (Bible of the Poor) and the Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation).
Flattening large rolled paper objects
Needing to be flattened was a tightly rolled bundle of papers of tracings of medieval stained glass windows from Fairford Church, Gloucestershire. It was required to assist a craftsman in the restoration of windows at the church.
John Pierpont Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan was a banker, financier and art collector who loaned a portion of his collection to the Museum. His collection of stained glass was given to the Museum by his son.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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The Painted World: From Illumination to Abstraction
A richly illustrated book that seeks to redress the balance by exploring the wider history of painting and includes a broad range of painted works, from stained glass to items of costume.
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Thu 28 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Constable painted his 'own places best'. Discover what the artist thought about these places and how accurately he recorded these areas in comparison to how some of his contemporaries painted Britain.
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