Restoration: Residential
In a profusion of styles and designs, stained and leaded glass is found in windows and doors, in skylights, transoms and sidelights, in light fixtures, interior walls and many other highlights of American homes. So wear and damage are inevitable. We help maintain the beauty and value of your fine art glass with expert cleaning, releading and repair.
Victorian Skylight – Historic Conservation
Fully releaded and reinforced 19th C skylight featuring jewels, mouth-blown roundels and bevels in the historic Cedar Arts Center mansion in Corning, NY.
Restored skylight provides cascades of colored light down the hallway and stairwell of this Victorian-era mansion.
Detail of significant damage and discoloration to skylight before restoration.
Bay with Transoms – Mansion Stairwell
Stairwell window from 1880s required extensive replacement of damaged glass. Created in late Victorian style in cathedral and English streaking glass, the entire bay was repaired and releaded.
Detail of central panel showing broken and missing glass prior to restoration
Restored central panel of bay window after cleaning, glass replacement and releading.
Curved Sidelights – Custom Doorway
Complex restoration of antique, curved stained glass panels. Frames had to be precisely measured and curved molds built from a template to hold the window in place for soldering and cementing.
Detail of one of the damaged areas requiring restoration.
After being assembled on a flat surface and soldered on one side, the window is placed into the custom mold, soldered on the second side, then cemented.
Detail of work on curved window under restoration in a custom-built mold. Copper tie wires, used to support the finished window, have been soldered to the joints.
Detail of one restored section.
One completely restored sidelight after careful replacement into its original frame.
Rebuilt Antique – St. John Windows
Antique, church window with broken and missing pieces fully restored with matching glass, then rebuilt for residential installation.
Window before restoration, showing missing and broken pieces requiring custom matching of colored, textured glass.