Tiffany Census

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	21.36.6
Rating:	0 stars
Address:	21 Edwards Street
Location:	Springfield, Massachusetts 01103, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.1038, -72.58505
Tiffany 1910:	Page 71
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1895 [SDR1895]
Architect:	Walter Tallant Owen of Renwick, Aspinwall and Renwick [SDR1894A, SDR1895]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.36.6.1.a:	ornamental windows (1895) (Extant)
21.36.6.1.b:	ornamental windows (1895) (Extant)
21.36.6.2:	Bowles Memorial Window: Angel of Light (1894) (Removed)

Item 21.36.6.1.a

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO, ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	14 windows with book marks of the great printers [SDR1894A, BET1894, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 71
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Signature:
Other documentation:	[SDR1894A, BET1894]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	In place when building opened to public on 17 Apr 1895 [SDR1894A, BET1894, SDR1895]
Lancets:	each one 2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

Item 21.36.6.1.b

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Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO, ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	6 windows with escutcheons of the great authors [BET1894, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 71
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BET1894]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	In place when building opened to public on 17 Apr 1895 [BET1894, SDR1895]
Lancets:	each one 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental

Item 21.36.6.2

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Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Removed [ORG]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Bowles Memorial Window
Theme:	Angel of Light [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	The Lightbearer [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 71
Duncan 1980:	Page 214
Tiffany 1897:	Page 43
Signature:
Other documentation:	[SDR1894B, NYT1894]
Designer:	Edward Emerson Simmons [SDR1894B, NYT1894, NYT1895, NYH1895, ARCH1895, KIRK1929]
Memorial details:	Samuel Bowles (9 Feb 1826 - 16 Jan 1878) and Mary Dwight Bowles (14 Aug 1827 - 23 Dec 1893) [SDR1894B, HC1894, NYT1894, KIRK1929]
Donor:	their children [SDR1894B, HC1894, NYT1894]
Date:	Installed in Church of the Unity 10 Nov 1894 [SDR1894B, HC1894]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Angel of Light
History:	Originally located in Church of the Unity, Springfield, MA (SITE:21.36.1) [SSR1961A, SSR1961B, ORG]
	Moved to George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum after church vacated in 1961 [SSR1961A, SSR1961B, ORG]
	Moved to Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (SITE:21.36.10) in Oct 2016 [ORG]
Comment:	Springfield Newspaper employees purchased the window from Church of the Unity, Springfield, MA (SITE:21.36.1) in 1961 and donated the window to the museum [SSR1961A, SSR1961B]
Same as item:	21.36.1.8, 21.36.10.1

References

ARCH1895:	Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1895, p. liv, 33)
BET1894:	Boston Evening Transcript (13 Nov 1894, p. 6)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HC1894:	Hartford Courant (13 Nov 1894, p. 6)
KIRK1929:	Church of the Unity, Guy Kirkham (1929)
NYH1895:	New York Herald (14 Feb 1895, p. 6)
NYT1894:	New York Times (25 Nov 1894)
NYT1895:	New York Times (17 Feb 1895)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SDR1894A:	The Springfield Daily Republican (27 Apr 1894, p. 2)
SDR1894B:	The Springfield Daily Republican (12 Nov 1894, p. 4)
SDR1895:	The Springfield Daily Republican (17 Apr 1895, p. 4)
SSR1961A:	The Springfield Sunday Republican (28 May 1961, p. 1, 24)
SSR1961B:	The Springfield Sunday Republican (18 Jun 1961, p. 21)
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)