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The mention of stained glass often brings to mind Louis Comfort Tiffany and his magnificent windows. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a wave of German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants settle in what is now German Village, some of whom installed stained-glass windows made by local artisans to bring visual art into the…

I recently learned that Franklin Art Glass studios in German Village made lamps for the original Wendy’s. What can you tell me about that, and have any survived? These have to be counted as two of our city’s legendary businesses. And you are right, Franklin did indeed make lamps for Wendy’s. Some background: Franklin dates…

Tim Albon stands atop a scaffold and runs his blade around the edge of the stained-glass window, cutting away in one smooth motion the putty that’s held this work of art in place for almost 150 years. Across the glass from him, standing inside the sanctuary, William Holterman snips off the little metal ties that…

The old stained glass church windows, tired and dirty, are securely strapped to wooden carts. They almost look like patients being readied for surgery, and in a way they are. Nearby, depictions of Biblical scenes and the lives of saints are in pieces, fanned across tables. Each fragment of colorful glass is carefully cleaned and…

A long-established German Village business is helping a historic church get ready for its grand reopening next year. Franklin Art Glass Studio has been hired to repair all of the stained-glass pieces at Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. The studio is charged with 21 major pieces and six minor parts, which are non-stained-glass…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Last year, a vandal snuck through a broken fence at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, and shattered a 90-year-old stained glass window in a mausoleum. Where once delicate white lilies bloomed before a purple sky, now there was a gaping wound. Stained glass windows are complex puzzles of prismatic art. Replacing one…