Julie L. Sloan, LLC
Consultants in Stained Glass
54 Cherry Street, North Adams, MA 01247
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| The Berkshire Glass Works
The purity of the sand found in Northern Berkshire County provided resources for over fifty years of glassmaking for regular windows and stained glass windows in the rural landscape of western Massachusetts. From its first cylinders blown in November 1853 the demand for the Berkshire Glass Company’s work grew exponentially until they were producing 3,000 feet of glass by 1855. As the Civil War raged, the company suffered along with the country, but came out of the strife stronger than ever. Join authors Julie L. Sloan and William J. Patriquin as they reveal the inner workings of the Berkshire Glass Company and the intricate stained glass born of Berkshire glass.
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| Frederic Crowninshield: A Renaissance Man of the Gilded Age, co-author with Gertrude deG. Wilmers. Hardcover: 448 pages.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press (December 31, 2010). This book offers the first full account of Crowninshield's life and work. Gertrude de G. Wilmers and Julie L. Sloan situate his career in the context of patronage, class, and art and provide an expert analysis of his work in stained glass, mural painting, oil, and watercolor. The book is richly illustrated with artworks by Crowninshield and his contemporaries, student drawings, family photographs, and related works of architecture. The New York Times | Fine Art Connoisseur
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| Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Glass of the Martin House Complex, Pomegranate Press, 2009. Edited by Martin House curator Eric Jackson-Forsberg, with additional text by Theodore Lownie, Robert McCarter, and Jack Quinan and an introduction by art glass expert Julie Sloan, "Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Glass of the Martin House Complex" explores the breadth of Wright's iconic iridescent creations for the Martin House. 9 x 9 in. Hardcover smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket. ISBN 978-0-7649-5150-3.
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"'A Glimmer of Vivid Light': The Stained Glass of Greene and Greene," in A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene, edited by Edward Bosley and Anne Mallek. Hardcover: 265 pages.
Publisher: Merrell Publishers (October 2008). This superbly illustrated book celebrates the decorative arts of Greene and Greene, and features essays exploring their furniture designs, metalwork and stained glass, among other aspects of their exquisite craftsmanship. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of original interiors and exteriors, as well as archival drawings.
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| Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, exhibition catalog, Rizzoli International, 2001. 9½"x 11¾", 160 pages, 120 color/50 halftone illus.
Prize-winner, American Association of Museums, 2002. Catalog to the nationally touring exhibition sponsored by Steelcase Inc.: Julie L. Sloan, "Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright," with an introduction by David G. De Long, New York. Exhibitions International in Association with Rizzoli International Publications, 2001. 160 pp., 180 ills.
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| Light Screens: The Complete Leaded Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, Rizzoli International, 2001. 9¼"x 11½", 384 pages, 247 color/204 halftone illus., index, slipcased. Recognized today as one of the most significant architects of the twentieth century, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867- 1959) is less well known as one of America's premier designers of stained-glass windows. From his earliest architectural designs of 1885 through 1923, Wright designed over 160 structures with leaded-glass windows, of which almost 100 were built.
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| Conservation of Stained Glass in America
"... a two hundred and twenty-five page warehouse of information on professional [stained glass] restoration and conservation." - Joe Porcelli
Art in Architecture Press, Brewster, NY. 1995
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America's Heritage in Stained Glass
Is Due for Restoration
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 he shimmering, iridescent glow of vibrantly-colored glass is dimmed and damaged by a century's dirt and neglect. It is time for America's heritage of magnificent stained glass - installed in churches, public buildings, and countless homes - to be restored to its original beauty and strength. These glorious works of stained glass art, hailed at the time they were designed as a uniquely American expression and so widely popular that even Sears Roebuck offered them in its catalog, have recovered their popularity after long being ignored and are enjoying renewed interest as part of the general American interest in restoring and preserving the objects of the past.
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Designed and installed a hundred years ago during a time of great enthusiasm for stained glass, the natural aging process has affected the structural network of the windows. They have begun to buckle and bow, as well as to show other signs of distress on the incomparable luster of their surfaces. Dirt has crept between the pieces of glass, smudging faces and blurring inscriptions. The putty that held the glass in place has dried and fallen out. Often well-meant but overzealous cleaning has caused damage. Generations that took stained glass windows for granted paid little attention to the gradual accumulation of breaks and cracks that will eventually cause the windows to be lost altogether.
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 ut few owners of stained glass windows understand either their construction or how best to go about preserving them. They are not sure whether what seems to be dirt on the glass is actually paint that should be saved or how they can identify what exactly is causing parts of the windows to break. They hear stories about the effect air pollution might be having on their windows and are confused about the advantages of protective glazing.
 nd they are not sure how to go about finding someone who really knows the answers to these and many other questions, much less an artist or studio who will do their windows more good than harm.
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Conservation of
Stained Glass
in America
is a complete guide for both the owners of stained glass windows and for artists and studios who restore them. Its examples and illustrations are focused on American stained glass, even though many of the techniques were developed in Europe, where stained glass has a long and noble history. In the United States, however, the glass itself is different than that made in Europe. The problems and solutions are different, too.
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The author, Julie L. Sloan, LLC, pioneered many of today's standards in stained glass restoration. A trained preservationist, the originator of the concept of stained glass restoration consultation in America and an experienced project manager, she directed the five-year project at Harvard University, where the windows of Memorial Hall, commemorating men lost in the Civil War, were restored. Other projects have included Boston's Trinity Church, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in Chicago. Sloan has taught stained glass restoration for nine years in Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, and to stained glass craftspeople around the country. Her articles have set standards for quality and procedures that today are followed by the best studios. |
"Conservation of Stained Glass in America"
by Julie L. Sloan - 225 pp.,
illus., biblio., references
ISBN 1-884966-01-2
$44.95
plus $8.95 shipping and handling (Shipments outside the U.S., at cost)
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