Help with stained glass

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  1. mallard

    mallard Member

    _DSC4343ab.jpg _DSC4339ab.jpg Hello everyone, I am a new guy here and have just acquired this piece of stained glass and have a few questions. I am sure that it probably was once in a frame and needs to be now to help with the stability of it, does anyone know the best way to frame something like this to give it the support it needs? Also, is there any way to determine approximate age? It appears to me to have some age to it with bubbles in the glass and the patina on the lead. Lastly, I would like to know an approximate value, I think I did okay but i'm not really sure. Any and all help is greatly appreciated and thanks to all!
     
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  2. mallard

    mallard Member

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  3. George Nesmith

    George Nesmith Well-Known Member

    The sheet glass used to make this frequently is intentionally made with bubbles and other tings to make it look old. This looks like the type of thing made by crafters at stained glass craft shops 20-30 years ago. The theme is not one of the old traditional ones. Any good framing shop should be able to help you for the support.
     
  4. George Nesmith

    George Nesmith Well-Known Member

    I meant to add that the sheet glass is called "cathedral glass" in the trade.
     
  5. mallard

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  6. mallard

    mallard Member

    Thank you for the reply, I would have thought a little older but just did not know. the size is what concerns me to stabilize it, it is 51 1/2 inches wide by 43 1/2 tall
     
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  7. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    I see your concerns, if set into a frame with a deep lip, some of the edge and corner details would be sacrificed.
    I have seen large antique pieces with cross bars on the back, sometimes in an 'X" and sometimes vertical or horizontal. Don't know if this feature would have been original or added later to stabilize.
    A custom framer may be able to set your mind at rest, there may be enough edge to hold secure without infringing on the design elements.
     
  8. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    I know nothing about this sort of thing.
    Are you in an area that might have a stained glass artist you could ask?

    Or if this were going to be mounted into a wall as a window, how would a window contractor do it? Would they frame it first?

    Only asking as I don't have any more idea how to do than you.
     
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  9. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    Frame it between two pieces of clear glass.
     
  10. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    I used to make these types of stained glass pictures, and the 20-30 year age estimate is right...though I'd guess similar ones are also still being made today.

    I would buy a pattern, a few squares of glass, some lead came, and cut and assemble it myself - not much instruction needed.

    At the time there were pre-made wood frames you could buy to fit pictures - the middle of each side would be channeled out just wide enough to accommodate the lead came without overlapping onto the picture.

    I don't recall the names of any of the stained glass stores off the top of my head, but you may try calling some and explaining how big the picture is and if they would have anything ready made to accommodate it.
     
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  11. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    This is done with copper foil and solder, I used to do that in the 80s :)
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    i suggest this style for good support...
     
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  13. msgood2shoe

    msgood2shoe Well-Known Member

    I agree, copper foil and solder. I use to do lead came stained glass and the runs on it are more uniform.
     
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