DESIGN FOR A WINDOW FOR THE PAULIST FATHERS' CHURCH
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Design for a Window for the Paulist Fathers' Church

John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)

1877–80

Medium
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Classification
Interior views
Dimensions
34.8 × 22.6 cm (13 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Given by L. Bancel La Farge
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
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About this work

A triple-arched window (possibly for a gallery), with mosaics intended in the spandrels, of fan pattern.