Window
Unknown Artist
ca. 1800
Medium
Leaded glass and pine
Dimensions
75 1/4 x 33 in. (191.1 x 83.8 cm)
Classification
Window
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.94
Art Historical Context
Step back to early 19th-century America with *Window*, a captivating example of leaded glass craftsmanship from around 1800. Crafted by an unknown artist using vibrant glass panels held together by malleable lead strips and framed in sturdy pine, this oversized window—measuring 75¼ x 33 inches— graced a grand home or public building. The technique of leading glass, practiced since medieval times, allowed artisans to create intricate patterns and admit colorful light, transforming ordinary spaces into luminous focal points. In the Federal period, as the young United States embraced neoclassica...