Stained glass windows were a hallmark of upward-mobility sensibilities, an aspirational gesture for people enjoying the fruits of boomtown St. Paul. … but our independent journalism isn’t free to ...

The round stained glass window depicting Jesus with open arms stood watch over the sanctuary at Epworth United Methodist Church at 2201 Bull Street since its installation in the early 1960s, providing ...

Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel, Pittsford, N.Y., 2003 / Third Generation (Valerie O’ Hara, designer). (Photo courtesy of Pike Stained Glass Studios) Back in the early 2000s, I enrolled in a writing ...

The art of stained glass has roots in Germany dating to the 9th Century. But despite being a native of Hamburg, Germany, Gudrun Stachel became interested in stained glass only after taking a ...

As an architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was known for many things, but perhaps his most famed characteristic was his exceptional attention to detail – in many of his projects, each furniture piece was ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. In an 1886 catalog, the Belcher ...

Sunlight illuminated the "Easter Morning" scene of Mary Magdalene weeping at an empty tomb while a resurrected Jesus stood behind her. Muted for decades by grime and discoloring, the red robes ...