- Title
- Antependium Window
- Location
- Lillian Nassau, NYC
- Creator
- Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co.
- Creation Date
- 1892
- Restoration Date
- 2004
- URL
- http://www.lilliannassau.com/
- Description
- This fine Tiffany window and a cloth antependium embroidered in gold and studded with semi-precious stones for the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 are strikingly similar. From commentaries by Tiffany, it appears the stained glass window came before the cloth antependium. For further information on this very rare window contact Arlie Sulka at Lillian Nassau LLC, www.lilliannassau.com
From The Synopsis of the Exhibit… put out by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, “Lectern Frontal – This example of embroidery work has been made after entirely new designs, but upon strong ecclesiastical motives, as within it there is contained no end of symbolism for we see the crown of thorns, the cross, the Holy Name, the Alpha and the Omega, the Divine aureola, all of which are depicted in various colored silks, jewels, and gold, upon a background of deep crimson.”
