Stained Glass

William Morris (1834–1896) stands as one of the central figures in the revival of British stained glass during the second half of the nineteenth century. Through the firms Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and later Morris & Co., his designs — and those of his close collaborators, especially Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti — transformed the visual language of Victorian church decoration.
The earliest stained glass window installed by Hardman, in Worcester Cathedral, is the three light Ressurection window installed in the north aisle in 1861. This eight light west window, however, is one of Hardman's larger works in the UK. Designed by George Gillbert Scott, it was installed in 1875, and depicts the creation.
Donated by Thibault VI count of Chartres, in 1217, on behalf of Thomas count of Perche, this window illustrates the signs of the zodiac on the right hand side of the window, and the labouirs of the months on the left hand side. The four central quatrefoils are split between the months and the zodiac.





