The Great West window of St. Paul’s
Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts, circa 1904, was made by
Tiffany Studios of New York.
The central window in
the western façade measures 10' wide x 13' high. The
Tiffany stained glass windows of St. Paul's Church
are the equals of the best art glass ever produced.
They
are rare in an ecumenical setting, for they depict
landscapes and flowers with no figures. The West Window
is fabricated from a rich and varied palette of opalescent
drapery, and mottled and flashed antique glass held
in a lead came/copper-foil matrix.
There are
seven layers of glass in the window. The window
has been completely restored. This process included:
complete dismantling; cleaning; edge-gluing; partial
re-leading; adding a series of structural fins and
design of new protective glazing system.