Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
May Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Ten Commandments [ORG] |
Description: |
landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 10 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 202 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
signed [ORG] |
Other documentation: |
[NYT1899] |
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
Lewis May, for more than thirty years the President of the congregation [NYT1899] |
Donor: |
the congregation? [NYT1899] |
Date: |
Unveiled Thanksgiving, 30 Nov 1899 [NYT1899] |
Size: |
nearly 10' high x 18' across [MOBIA2012] |
Lancets: |
5 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
|
Category: |
Landscape |
Location: |
in Beth-El Chapel above its Ark [ORG] |
History: |
Originally in previous sanctuary at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue (SITE:1.1.51) [NYT1899, ORG] |
Comment: |
The window was originally 15.5' high x 20.5' wide [MOBIA2012] |
Same as item: |
1.1.51.1 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Spiegelberg Memorial Window |
Description: |
landscape [PHOTO] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
Tiffany Studios New York, 1919 [DT2016] |
Other documentation: |
|
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
Levi Spiegelberg (3 Jul 1830 - 3 Apr 1906) and Bertha (Betty) Spiegelberg (3 Aug 1842 - 27 Dec 1913) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1906, NYT1913, WEB] |
Donor: |
|
Date: |
Signature 1919 [SIGNATURE] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
1830 / 1842 // IN MEMORY OF / - LEVI SPIEGELBERG - / - BETTY SPIELGELBERG - // 1906 / 1913 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Landscape |
Location: |
Greenwald Chapel [ORG] |
History: |
Originally located in mausoleum at Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn NY, moved here in 1990s [ORG] |
A2Z2004: |
From Abyssinian to Zion, A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, David W. Dunlap (2004, p. 62) |
DT2016: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (5 Oct 2016) |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
MOBIA2012: |
Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion (MOBIA), Patricia C. Pongracz (ed.) (2012, p. 186) |
NYT1899: |
New York Times (1 Dec 1899) |
NYT1906: |
New York Times (4 Apr 1906) |
NYT1913: |
New York Times (29 Dec 1913) |
ORG: |
Organization |
PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
TIFF1897: |
A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897) |
TIFF1910: |
A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910) |
WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |