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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Joseph Oratory, formerly St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church

Studio Name: Detroit Stained Glass Works, The

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 6 (gothic arched, more than 2 vertical sections)

Date of Window: 1873

Subject/Title of Window: Ornamental

Brief Description of Subject: Geometric and foliate “grisaille” with primary colored borders.  Fields are of colorless and pale green glass with black vitreous stenciled decoration.

The window view is blocked by the "new" stairways leading to the choir. At some point in the past those stairs replaced the original stairways on both sides of the narthex.

Condition of Window: Fair, damaged by muriatic cleaning

Height: ~23'

Width: ~7'

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came, Vitreous Paint

Ornamental, left side
Ornamental, left side
Ornamental, right side
Ornamental, right side

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