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â€˜Heraldicâ€™ domestic pattern window, Front entrance, Longerenong homestead, Longerenong, Victoria

This â€˜heraldicâ€™ pattern transom hangs over the doorway at Longerenong homestead in Victoria. Central to the design is a golden Celtic harp on blue shield (c. 13th century) representing owner Samuel Wilsonâ€™s Irish roots. This is…

Tags: Celtic, Ferguson & Urie, floral grid pattern, flowers, harp, heraldry, John Lyon, Longerenong homestead, medieval design, Samuel Wilson, stained glass, Vic, Victoria, window

The Medieval Writerâ€™s window, The Great Hall at The University of Sydney

An image of one of a series of colourful and elaborate figural windows with trefoil heads created especially for The University of Sydney by the London firm of Clayton & Bell (c. 1859-60). The window depicts three well-known medieval writers:…

Knight Stained Glass, Perth, Tasmania

One of four photographs of a castle-like building on the Midland Highway in Perth, Tasmania. This one shows domestic stained glass/leadlight beside the front door featuring an armoured knight on horseback. The knight has an early medieval style…

Tags: architecture, Armour, castle, chivalry, domestic, domestic architecture, helmet, house, knight, knighthood, knights, leadlight, Perth, residence, shield, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania

â€˜The Seasons window,â€™ Mandeville Hall, Toorak

This staircase â€˜Seasonsâ€™ window at Mandeville Hall in Toorak was designed by David Relph Drape and created by Ferguson & Urie for the original owner, millionaire Joseph Clarke, in 1877. The circular medallions in the centre of the window…

Tags: autumn, country, cupid, David Relph Drape, Diana, Ferguson & Urie, foliage, frieze, harvest, Joseph Clarke, landscape, nature, nostalgia, Romanesque, Saint George, seasons, spring, St George, stained glass, stairwell, summer, Toorak, Vic, Victoria, window, winter

Upper vestibule window, â€˜Narrapumelap,â€™ Wickliffe, Victoria

An image of a stained glass window at the Narrapumelap homestead in Wickliffe, Victoria. The panelâ€™s outer edge is framed by an eye-catching â€˜floral-rodâ€™ pattern in spiral form. The window is divided into three segments (l, m, r)…

Tags: baronial window, Ferguson & Urie, floral-rod pattern, homestead, initials, John Dixon Wyselaskie, leaf and flower head design, medieval design, Narrapumelap homestead, roses, stained glass, Vic, Victoria, Wickliffe, window

St Peterâ€™s East Window, SCEGGS Great Hall, Darlinghurst, Sydney

An image of the East Window in the Great Hall at Sydney Girls Grammar School (SGEGGS) in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The window was originally installed in St Peterâ€™s church in 1867, but the church has since been incorporated into the School Hall.…

Stairwell window at â€˜Glenferrie,â€™ Malvern, Victoria

This commanding stairwell window by Ferguson & Urie (1872) is calculated to reflect the prosperity and good fortune of the original owner, James Fergusson. Fergusson was a Melbourne manufacturing stationer, and was at times a member of the…

Tags: Australiana, blazon, coat-of-arms, colonialism, Emu, Ferguson & Urie, Fergusson coat-of-arms, Glenferrie, James Fergusson, kangaroo, Malvern, medieval design, rose, shamrock, stained glass, symbolism, thistle, Vic, Victoria

â€˜St Georgeâ€™ Stained Glass Window, Tolarno Hotel, St Kilda

This elaborate staircase window in a converted St Kilda mansion is probably by Ferguson & Urie and dated c.1884. The window depicts a red-cloaked and fully armoured St George standing on the head of a dragon. Images of St George and the Dragon were…

Tags: Armor, Armour, border, dragon, Ferguson & Urie, knight, Melbourne, rose, saint, Saint George, saints, St George, St Kilda, St. George, St. Kilda, stained glass, staircase, Tolarno Hotel, Tudor Rose, Union Jack, valour, Vic, Victoria

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