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useful links

 

Links to other sites which may be of interest

We are always interested in adding more educational and reference stained glass sites to this links page. Please tell us about sites which you think we should link to.

• The British Society of Master Glass Painters, founded in 1921, is Britain's only organisation devoted exclusively to the art and craft of stained glass.
  


• Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi is an international research project, founded in 1949, to publish all of the remaining medieval glass in Europe and North America (to 1540).

• Centre International du Vitrail. The International Stained Glass Centre in Chartres, France, promotes the study and conservation of stained glass and encourages contemporary work. This site includes pages in English and German.

• The William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London. The site includes examples from the Gallery's collection of stained glass by Morris & Company.

• The National Monuments Record, Swindon, UK holds a major archive relating to historic British stained glass.

• The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, houses the world's greatest glass collection and a library of the history, art, and early technology of glassmaking.

• StainedGlass.info is a growing directory on the internet that is dedicated to providing information exclusively on all aspects of the stained glass industry.

• Stained Glass Photography contains good quality pictures of stained glass from both sides of the Atlantic. Most of the work featured is 19th and early 20th century and includes examples by William Morris, Henry Holiday, Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge and many others. The site also has a good links section with references to other useful resources on the internet.

• The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass is one of the long established Livery Companies which form the backbone of the organisation of the City of London.

• Margaret Rope. A site dedicated to the stained glass work of two women called Margaret Rope.

• Henry Thomas Bosdet A website dedicated to the stained glass work of Henry Thomas Bosdet, 1856-1934, who was not only a prolific & quality designer of stained glass, but was also the longest serving head of the Life School at the Royal Academy.

• The National Art Collections Fund has supported public collections throughout the UK since 1903, helping them to buy works of every kind. An independent charity financed by its members, it has backed almost half a million acquisitions, from Old Masters to contemporary pieces – an average of one work of art every two hours.

• Monastery Stained Glass, Northamptonshire. Dealers in antique stained glass. Panels of glass from the middle ages to the eighteenth century.

• Tomkinson's Stained Glass, Dealers in Antique Stained Glass Windows

• ATS Heritage - Produced our new audio tour. Come and try it and let us know what you think.

• Vidimus - the only on-line magazine devoted to medieval stained glass. Vidimus appears monthly and subscription is free.

• CHURCHart - CHURCHart exists to encourage artists, congregations, and those involved in the care of churches to foster and engage the arts in the life of the church.

• www.eleanorwatson.co.uk : very fine ceramicist

• http://www.sgraffiti.co.uk : excellent picture framer who supplies major galleries but also frames for domestic customes

• http://www.thehouseplanner.co.uk : eco homes, self build, renovation and home improvement everything from solar power to finding your building site

• http://www.designermagic.co.uk : I recommend Stuart Haiz at designermagic to make or improve your website. I'm very pleased with what he's done for mine I'm sure you'll agree !