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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Meadow Brook Hall

Studio Name: Bonawit (G. Owen) Studios

City: Rochester

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1929

Subject/Title of Window: Grand Staircase

Brief Description of Subject: Ornamental medallions on top rows of panes - lower row non-pictorial. Two medallions have a garter encircling a shield with inscriptions.
Upper row, from left to right:
1. Shield with Rampant Lion with a border of fleur-de-lis.
2. Shield with Swan
3. Shield with Fighting Bird which is taken from an old English medallion of the Sinque Cento style.
4. Shield with Rampant Unicorn.
Lower row, from left to right:
1. This shield is encircled by a Garter containing the words "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense". The shield is quarterd, having two rampant lions anc crosses.
2. Swan holding a standard containing a unicorn above a fleur-de-lis field. There are genrally placed one on each side of a coat of arms.
3. A lion crowned rampant Regardant as a supporter holding a Standard guarded with two winged lions and fleur-de-lis.
4. The border of this medallion is taken from an English shield of a Sinque Cento period and contains arms of Edward III. Border same as first medallion.

Inscriptions: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 43.5"

Width: 19.5"

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came, Silver Stain

Grand Staircase
Grand Staircase
Shield with Rampant Lion
Shield with Rampant Lion
Shield with Swan
Shield with Swan
Shiled with Fighting Bird
Shiled with Fighting Bird
Shield with Rampant Unicorn
Shield with Rampant Unicorn
Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense shield
Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense shield
Swan carrying Unicorn Standard
Swan carrying Unicorn Standard
Rampant Regardant Lion
Rampant Regardant Lion
Arms of Edward III
Arms of Edward III

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