" ... And remembering these, trust Pindar for the truth of his saying,that to the cunning workman—(and let me solemnly enforce the words by adding, that to himonly)—knowledge comes undeceitful."
—Ruskin ("Aratra Pentelici").
"'Very cool of Tom,' as East thought but didn't say, 'seeing ashow he only came out of Egypt himself last night at bed-time.'"
—("Tom Brown's Schooldays").
THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS
EDITED BY W. R. LETHABY
STAINED GLASS WORK
STAINED GLASS WORK
A TEXT-BOOK FOR STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN GLASS. BY C. W. WHALL. WITHDIAGRAMS BY TWO OF HIS APPRENTICES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXIV
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
To his Pupils and Assistants, who, if they have learned as much fromhim as he has from them, have spent their time profitably; and who, ifthey have enjoyed learning as much as he has teaching, have spent ithappily; this little book is Dedicated by their Affectionate Master andServant,
THE AUTHOR.
EDITOR'S PREFACE
In issuing these volumes of a series of Handbooks on the ArtisticCrafts, it will be well to state what are our general aims.
In the first place, we wish to provide trustworthy text-books ofworkshop practice, from the points of view of experts who havecritically examined the methods current in the shops, and putting asideup a standard of quality in the crafts which are more especiallyassociated with design. Secondly, in doing this, we hope to treat designitself as an essential part of good workmanship. During the last centurymost of the arts, save painting and sculpture of an academic kind, werelittle considered, and there was a tendency to look on "design" as amere matter [Pg xii]of appearance. Such "ornamentation" as there was wasusually obtained by following in a mechanical way a drawing provided byan artist who often knew little of the technical processes involved inproduction. With the critical attention given to the crafts by Ruskinand Morris, it came to be seen that it was impossible to detach designfrom craft in this way, and that, in the widest sense, true design is aninseparable elem