Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Gothic Revival Window Pane

Manufacturer Bakewells & Co. (American, 1808-1882)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1836-1839

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (17.5 x 12.4 cm)

InscribedSmooth side marked: "BAKEWELL" letters and spelling in reverse.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number86.187

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionWindow pane of pressed colorless lacy glass. Rectangular shape with a gothic revival design of a large crenelated window divided by cluster columns and tracery into six pointed arch windows. (Three over three).

Published ReferencesOliver Auction CATALOG, 1986, Innes Catalog #232, Lot #367, one of three panes. Howe & Warren, THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE IN AMERICA, 1830-1870, fig. 123, pg. 65. Innes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, 1797-1891, fig. 303, pg. 286. Gary E. Baker, "Lacy Window Panes," THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM BULLETIN, 7/8 (July/Aug. 1986), pg. 4, ill. Spillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, fig. 171. Arlene Palmer, _Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co._, exh. cat., Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2004, 184.