[Rarebooks] FS: 17th C. Dutch Stained Glass at Canterbury Library -1899 Catalog

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“Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Two Old Dutch Painted and 
Stained Windows, in the Royal Museum and Free Library at Canterbury”

By W. Pugin Thornton. Published in Canterbury; Printed for the 
Corporation of the City of Canterbury by Cross & Jackman in 1899.

A study of two unique stained glass windows, which had been installed in 
the recently-opened Library. The Library website explains that the two 
windows are made up of "Fragments and roundels of sixteenth and 
seventeenth century stained glass collected at Antwerp, Amsterdam and 
other places in the Low Countries by Edward Spencer Curling (1772 - 
1850) of Deal. He was a partner in the shipping agency, Goodwin, 
Curling, Hodges & Co., which acted as consuls for Hamburg, Hanover, the 
Netherlands, Portugal and Russia under King George IV. The stained glass 
had been removed from churches and other buildings through iconoclasm 
and change of use from the late-eighteenth century, and sold through 
auction and dealers. Curling had given a large number of animal and bird 
specimens, along with objects from around the world, to the Canterbury 
Philosophical and Literary Institution museum in 1827-28 and in 1829 
presented '2 frames for Stair case window....entirely filled with 
Ancient Stained Glass'. He was 'voted in consequence since an Honorary 
Member'. In 1899 the museum collections moved to the new Beaney 
Institute and the windows were rearranged and re-leaded by the workshop 
of S. Caldwell and Son, responsible for restoration of the stained glass 
at Canterbury Cathedral. One of these windows was removed in the 1930s, 
when the Beaney was extended, and remained in store until restoration 
for current display near the Learning Lab. The patterns and images were 
painted onto sheets of clear glass and fused at low heat, silver 
staining giving a yellow colour. Some of the images are copied from 
engravings and represent biblical scenes; other decorations are painted 
freehand, with splashes of rich colour. There are tulips, birds, angels 
and various coats of arms. A number of fragments have inscribed 
dedications with family names."

Softcover. 6.25"x9", 50 pages, plus 25 black & white plates. The covers 
have some wear and soil, corner crease, etc.. The interior has some 
minor soil, but otherwise is clean and nice, with a tight binding. 
[394/40051]  $75

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