| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Sumner Memorial Window |
| Description: |
landscape [PHOTO, IS1913] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany 1913 has a photo of the window [TIFF1913] |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
|
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| Other documentation: |
[AEJ1912B, CSR1912, IS1913] |
| Designer: |
Agnes Northrop [MOBIA2012] |
| Memorial details: |
Sarah Fay Sumner (20 Jul 1948 - 21 Jul 1909), for 44 years a teacher in the Sunday School [INSCRIPTION, AEJ1912A, AEJ1912B, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
her family [ORG] |
| Date: |
Installed summer 1912, unveiled 13 Oct 1912 [AEJ1912B] |
| Size: |
originally 14'10" (or just 14') high x 6'11" wide [AEJ1912A, CSR1912] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Originally (but no longer there): O LORD HOW MANIFOLD ARE THY WORKS IN WISDOM HAST THOV MADE THEM ALL // THE LORD IS GOOD TO ALL AND HIS TENDER MERCIES ARE OVER ALL HIS WORKS // IN LOVING MEMORY OF / SARAH FAY SVMNER / FOR FORTY-FOVR YEARS A TEACHER / IN THIS SVNDAY SCHOOL / 1848 - 1909 [TIFF1913] |
| Category: |
Landscape |
| Location: |
lobby [ORG] |
| History: |
Originally located in Sunday School [AEJ1912A, CSR1912, IS1913, TIFF1913] |
|
Moved to stair well facing Orange Street in 1939 and to new lobby in 1988 [ORG] |
| Comment: |
The window originally had a wide glass border containing designs and inscriptions but this was removed when window was moved in 1939 [TIFF1893, ORG] |
| AA1910: |
Albany Argus (27 Nov 1910, p. 3) |
| AEJ1912A: |
The Albany Evening Journal (26 Sep 1912, p. 12) |
| AEJ1912B: |
The Albany Evening Journal (14 Oct 1912, p. 8) |
| CHR2003: |
Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza (9 Dec 2003, Sale 1311, Lot 193) |
| CSR1912: |
The Cold Spring Recorder (4 Oct 1912, p. 3) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| IS1913: |
International Studio (Nov 1913, p. 8-12) |
| MOBIA2012: |
Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion (MOBIA), Patricia C. Pongracz (ed.) (2012, p. 177-178) |
| NRHP1974: |
National Register of Historic Places, C.E. Brooke (1974) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| 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) |
| TIFF1913: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios (1913) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
