Property from the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Kansas
Tiffany Studios
The Thomas Memorial "Medallion" Window
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:33 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Kansas
Tiffany Studios
The Thomas Memorial "Medallion" Window
executed in 1911
design attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany
commissioned by Josephine Brooks Thomas, in memory of her husband Jonathan Thomas of Topeka, Kansas
Favrile glass, hand-faceted Favrile glass jewels, lead came, copper foil, steel bars
acid-etched TIFFANY STVDIOS/NEW YORK
144 ⅜ by 62 ⅜ in. (366.7 x 158.4 cm)
The First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Kansas, commissioned directly from Tiffany Studios, 1910
“Memorial Windows for First Presbyterian Church,” Topeka Daily Capital, December 10, 1910, p. 5
“Tiffany Windows in Kansas,” New York Observer, vol. 89, no. 2, January 12, 1911, p. 60
“Short Stories of Topeka Happenings,” Topeka Daily Capital, September 4, 1911, p. 5
“Thomas Windows Ready,” Topeka State Journal, September 30, 1911, p. 8
“To Dedicate the Thomas Memorial,” Topeka Daily Capital, September 30, 1911, p. 13
“Church Windows Decorated,” Wichita Eagle, October 3, 1911, p. 3
“Memorial Windows,” New York Observer, vol. 89, no. 44, November 2, 1911, pp. 569-570
Tiffany Studios, Thomas Memorial Windows Erected to the Memory of Jonathan Thomas by His Wife Josephine B. Thomas, New York, 1911, n.p.
First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, The Tiffany Windows: First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, 2002, pp. 20-22
