$1,968
William McPherson Stained Glass Window Hand-painted and stained mosaic glass Tremont St. Boston, Massachusetts, 1840-88 Square frame with a geometry of glass hand-painted with foliate motifs and geometric devices, signed W.J.McPherson, Tremont St. and artist's initials, framed with protection glass on one side, outside dia. 36 in. Note: William J. McPherson, who set up his studio in Boston in the 1840s, advertised himself as a painter, decorator, and designer in The Decorator and Furnisher , he had a short collaboration with Scottish designer Donald McDonald (1841-1916) in the 1870s, as well as with another gifted and highly innovative designer, John La Farge (1835-1910). The latter is credited with the discovery and use of opalescent glass in stained glass windows. See William Patriquin and Julie Sloan's book The Berkshire Glass Works (2011), historically few windows by McPherson and of this type have come to the auction market. For an example of his work visit: http://www.canning-studios.com/history
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-06-28
