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David Healey Memorial Window from the Unitarian Chapel, Heywood, Lancashire

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Date1898

Mediumglass and lead

Dimensionsapproximately: 240 x 120 in. (609.6 x 304.8 cm.)

DescriptionThe David Healey Memorial Window from the Unitarian Chapel, Heywood, Lancashire consists of twenty eight separate stained glass panels. The main portion of the window is made up of ten figurative panels representing Truth, Generosity, Faith, Charity, Love, Justice, Courage, Mercy, Liberty, and Humility. Below them are five memorial panels stating "The Gift of," "Mr. and Mrs.," "David Healey," "In the Year," and "MDCCCXCVIII." At the top are three stained glass panels portraying angels playing musical instruments.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Label TextWilliam Morris believed the function of stained glass was to “tell stories in a simple direct manner.” He advocated the use of rich, subtle tones characteristic of medieval stained glass and worked to achieve its radiant effects by employing medieval techniques that had recently been rediscovered. These methods produced a kind of glass called “pot-metal,” which was colored throughout rather than just on the surface. This window, from a building now demolished, combines Burne-Jones's dynamic figure compositions with Morris’s skill in pattern and color, which was carried on at the firm by his successor, J.H. Dearle.

Status

On view

Object number2000.5.530