| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Carnegie Memorial Window |
| Description: |
landscape [TIFF1913, TIFF1922, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1913 and Tiffany 1922 show a design for the window [TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[NYH1913, NYS1913A, NYS1913B, NYS1913C, SLPD1913, DFP1913, IS1913] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
William Carnegie (19 Jun 1804 - 2 Oct 1855), Margaret Morrison Carnegie (19 Jun 1810 - 11 Nov 1886), their son, Thomas Morrison Carnegie (2 Oct 1844 - 19 Oct 1886), and daughter [NYS1913B, NYS1913C, SLPD1913, DFP1913, IS1913, TIFF1913, TIFF1922, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
son / son / brother / brother, Andrew Carnegie [NYH1913, NYS1913A, NYS1913B, NYS1913C, SLPD1913, DFP1913, IS1913, TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
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and also his wife [TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
| Date: |
Commissioned ca. 1911 [NYS1913C, SLPD1913, DFP1913] |
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Exhibited May 1913 [NYS1913A] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO, IS1913, TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
| Inscription: |
on panel which was going to be placed beneath window: In loving memory of / Father, Mother, Sister and Brother / born in Dumferline / Erected by the sole survivor / Andrew Carnegia / and his wife / 1913 [TIFF1913, TIFF1922] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| History: |
Window was in storage until 1937 [ORG_NEW] |
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From 1937 located in auditorium of Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline (SITE:45.1.2), and from 1992 in Tiffany Restaurant adjacent to Hall, until 2005 [ORG_NEW] |
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From 2007 located in Andrew Carnegie House, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, Dunfermline (SITE:45.1.3) [ORG_NEW] |
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Finally installed in abbey ca. Aug 2019 and dedicated 12 Aug 2019 [ORG_NEW] |
| Comment: |
The window was not installed in the Abbey in 1913 because the theme was deemed inappropriate by the powers that be [NYS1913B, NYS1913C, SLPD1913, DFP1913, ORG_NEW] |
| Same as item: |
45.1.2.1; 45.1.3.1 |
| DFP1913: |
Detroit Free Press (15 Dec 1913, p. 1) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| IS1913: |
International Studio (Nov 1913, p. 8-12) |
| NYH1913: |
New York Herald (28 Feb 1913, p. 11) |
| NYS1913A: |
New York Sun (18 May 1913, p. 11) |
| NYS1913B: |
New York Sun (13 Dec 1913, p. 1) |
| NYS1913C: |
New York Sun (14 Dec 1913, p. 1, 5) |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SLPD1913: |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (14 Dec 1913, p. 14B) |
| 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) |
| TIFF1913: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios (1913) |
| TIFF1922: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition) |