Design for Chancel, Saint Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina

ca. 1905

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

This design for the main apse of Saint Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina, shows the interior architectural decoration and stained-glass windows to be executed by Tiffany Studios. The central window depicts Saint Michael slaying the dragon. The image is based on a well-known painting by Raphael that now hangs in the Louvre. It was common practice to use old master paintings as sources for ecclesiastical stained glass. Tiffany Studios designed and installed the window in 1893 and completed the architectural decoration over a decade later, around 1905.

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Title: Design for Chancel, Saint Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina
Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
Designer: Unidentified designer
Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
Date: ca. 1905
Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
Culture: American
Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, metallic paint, and graphite on paper mouted on paperboard
Dimensions: 27 7/8 × 21 1/8 in. (70.8 × 53.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.654.49
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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