Image: John La Farge Peacock Window 1892–1908

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Description: The Peacock Window, which simulates the vibrant coloration of a magnificent, exotic bird, represents La Farge's final effort in fused, or cloisonné, glass. Begun in 1892 as one of a pair of windows for the Washington D.C. home of John Hay, the piece was not presented to the client, apparently because of difficulties encountered in the successive firings required to fuse layers of glass. Instead La Farge provided Hay with a window of the same design made of more conventional leaded opalescent glass (now at Museum Stuck-Villa in Munich). Several years later the artist returned to his original concept to produce this window.
Title: John La Farge Peacock Window 1892–1908
Credit: https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/6449/peacock-window
Author: John La Farge
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