Gallery

Title
Orbital Spider and Medusa
Location
Private Collection
Creator
Robert Winthrop Chanler, 1872-1930
Creation Date
1918
Restoration Date
2011
Description
Two Stained Glass windows (of seven) designed for, and installed in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s MacDougal Alley Studio, 1918. Private Collection
These windows are comprised of the most fantastic, almost drug-induced visions of sea and celestial creatures, both menacing and friendly. The panels are heavily painted in vitreous paint, silver stain and enamels creating detailed fantasies reflecting the mystical work of Harry Clarke. Many of these creatures are placed beneath beautifully acid etched plates of cobalt, purple and green.