Five years ago, the Museum of London donated to the Rakow Research Library a large collection of rolled, full-scale design drawings from the Whitefriars Glass Company, formerly Powell and Sons (1834-1980). This collection, the Whitefriars Collection of Stained Glass Designs, … Read more →
Today’s post is from Audrey Whitty, curator of European glass and Tracy Savard, cataloging specialist Harry Clarke (1889-1931) was a Dublin-based stained glass artist and illustrator who was one of the leading exponents of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement. Amongst … Read more →
In the fall of 2013, the Rakow Library acquired eight drawings by John Gordon Guthrie (1874-1961), an early 20th century stained glass designer. Guthrie was born in Scotland and apprenticed at his father’s stained glass studio in Glasgow at the … Read more →