Tiffany Census

Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Massachusetts

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	21.5.6
Rating:	Unrated
Other name(s):	Boston Hospital for Women
Address:	60 Glen Road
Location:	Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.32661, -71.11688
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1895 [HIST1900]
Architect:	Shaw and Hunnewell [HIST1900]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.5.6.1:	Memorial Window: ornamental (1896) (Unknown)
21.5.6.2:	Baker Memorial Window: landscape (Removed)
21.5.6.3:	Matthews Memorial Window: ornamental (1902) (Removed)

Item 21.5.6.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	landscape [HIST1900]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Page 40
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:	Installed ca. 1896 [HIST1900]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	end of hall, east wing [HIST1900]

Item 21.5.6.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Removed [SKIN2013]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Baker Memorial Window
Description:	landscape [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 65
Duncan 1980:	Page 213
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Margaret T. Baker [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:
Date:
Size:	inside diameter 38 7/8", outside diameter 40 5/8" [SKIN2013]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF MARGARET T BAKER [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape; Round Window
History:	Sold by Skinner auctioneers, Boston, MA, "20th Century Design", auction 2439, lot 69, 20 Dec 2008, for $118500 [SKIN2013]
	Sold by Sotheby's, Rockefeller Center, New York, "Masterworks by Tiffany Studios: the William A. Richardson Collection", sale number N09765, 13 Dec 2017, for $212500 (hammer price with buyer's premium) [SOTH2017]

Item 21.5.6.3

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Removed [DEDUCED]
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Matthews Memorial Window
Description:	ornamental [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BSH1902]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Alice Maria Carter Matthews (d. 6 May 1897) [BSH1902, BDA1897, WEB]
Donor:
Date:	In place when new surgical ward opened, 10 May 1902 [BSH1902]
Size:	diameter 96.5 cm [WEB]
Inscription:	IN MEMORY OF / ALICE M C MATTHEWS [PHOTO]
Category:	Ornamental; Round Window
Location:	end of the ward [BSH1902]

References

BDA1897:	Boston Daily Advertiser (21 May 1897, p. 8)
BSH1902:	Boston Sunday Herald (11 May 1902, p. 4)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
HIST1900:	A Quarter of a Century with the Free Hospital for Women (ca. 1900)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SKIN2013:	Skinner website (21 Dec 2013)
SOTH2017:	Sotheby's website (13 Dec 2017)
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897:	A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910:	A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information