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Painted in grisaille (shades of grey) in a style associated with the mid-1200s in France, these fragments are among numerous remnants of the elaborate glass windows that once decorated Castle Montfort/Starkenberg. One shows the nose and eye of a human face; the others display portions of vines with fleur-de-lis terminals.
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Title: Grisaille Fragment with Plant Motif
Date: 1220–72
Culture: Crusader
Medium: Stained Glass
Dimensions: 1 15/16 × 2 × 3/16 in. (4.9 × 5.1 × 0.4 cm)
Classification: Glass-Stained
Credit Line: Gift of Clarence H. Mackay, Archer M. Huntington, Stephen H. P. Pell and Bashford Dean, 1928
Accession Number: 28.99.659
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