Stained Glass Windows of Gilded Age Mausoleums

Daily Mail ^ | 9 March 2024 | Alex Hammer

[mairdie]

Hidden in the mausoleums of one of New York's cemeteries sits a king's ransom of breathtaking stained glass - commissioned by the city's rich and powerful more than a century ago.

Officials at Woodlawn Cemetery first stumbled on the glasswork late last year, in a Gilded Age temple erected for a New York merchant and son of a Spanish general.

During an audit of the colorful windows, experts discovered a variety none had ever seen before - despite being seasoned officials on the subject.

They are now in the midst of an unprecedented survey that will see them peruse about 1,200 windows in the cemetery's 1,300 private, free-standing mausoleums, and reenter Gilded Age-era temples meant for the very wealthy.

Some have been sealed as far back as 1878, creating unique conditions experts in an interview compared to a 'microclimate. '

To gain entry, a local company adapted antique keys built by mausoleum makers in the late 19th century,

[mairdie]

Conservation project unlocking Woodlawn Cemetery masoleums from Gilded Age and rediscovering stained glass, including Tiffany windows.

For some reason, I keep thinking of Egyptian tomb art. Favorite is the soul being lifted to heaven. Then the 3 Fates and the Tiffany sunset.

Tiffany and Lalique - Telemann
https://youtu.be/L-Z5OrKycLI

Congregational Stained Glass - Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus - Handel
https://youtu.be/RRmDO-qt8z4

Trinity Episcopal Stained Glass - Riu Riu Chiu
https://youtu.be/DGJk5cSqfBgM

[mairdie]

Stained Glass windows

[Liz]

A gorgeous cross and orb sits in the mausoleum of Jose Maria Munoz, a merchant born in Panama who made his fortune in New York. Munoz was the son of a Spanish general, with stained glass artists who recently discovered this window marveling at the 3D effect of the spherical orb, which was previously-unheard of for the time period.

[wjcsux]

Hopefully, the current crop of illegal vandals in NY won’t break them.

[Joe 6-pack]

In the late 19th and early 20th century immigration waves, there were many skilled artisans and craftsmen flocking to our shores who brought with them the ability to make such things. In the age of heavy industrialization and mechanization, there was still value in handcrafted unique labors and found a market for such.

Today's immigrants are skilled in assassination, kidnapping, drug running and human trafficking.

[mairdie]

When I worked at IBM Research in NY, our lab was designed by Eero Saarinen. It was an arc of stone quarried from the 200 acres with a curve of glass in front of the stone. They used Italian-trained stone cutters in the construction.

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center NY Music Video - 1987 - Nightnoise
https://youtu.be/wjugl_6PngM

[PGalt]

Beautiful craftsmanship. Thanks, mairdie.

[ArtDodger]

And skilled in destroying non-Muslim artifacts.

[TalBlack]

Officials at Woodlawn Cemetery first stumbled on the glasswork late last year, in a Gilded Age temple erected for a New York merchant and son of a Spanish general.

So how come I knew all about them forty years ago? Hell Tiffany himself is in a mausoleum in Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn. I’ve be checking them out for decades.

[Bon of Babble]

These are spectacular!

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[nopardons]

BTTT

[nopardons]

BTTT

[Albion Wilde]

Don't know if those flowers grow there, but this one looks like the Sea of Galilee.

[Albion Wilde]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mairdie.

[linMcHlp]

Poughkeepsie?