Leaded glass window by then-resident D. Maitland Armstrong in a frame by Stanford White, 58 West 10th St, Greenwich Village, New York City
58 W. 10th Street was built c.1850 in front of the original set-back house of 1836 (home to the celebrated Tile Club from 1877 to 1887). The two buildings were connected in a renovation by Stanford White in 1890 for the owner, D. Maitland Armstrong, who designed the leaded glass first-floor window, a skylight and stained-glass panels throughout the house. Armstrong died here in 1918. The building is now the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, home of the NYU Creative Writing Program.
This window, with some 400 separate panes of glass, is sometimes said to be of stained glass, but the glass is, in fact, clear, as can be seen in this photo from NYU: cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/gallery. From the street the glass often appears to be colored due to the constantly changing reflections, depending on the sun and one's angle of view.
Leaded glass window by then-resident D. Maitland Armstrong in a frame by Stanford White, 58 West 10th St, Greenwich Village, New York City
58 W. 10th Street was built c.1850 in front of the original set-back house of 1836 (home to the celebrated Tile Club from 1877 to 1887). The two buildings were connected in a renovation by Stanford White in 1890 for the owner, D. Maitland Armstrong, who designed the leaded glass first-floor window, a skylight and stained-glass panels throughout the house. Armstrong died here in 1918. The building is now the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, home of the NYU Creative Writing Program.
This window, with some 400 separate panes of glass, is sometimes said to be of stained glass, but the glass is, in fact, clear, as can be seen in this photo from NYU: cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/gallery. From the street the glass often appears to be colored due to the constantly changing reflections, depending on the sun and one's angle of view.
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