News about John La Farge

Officials at Woodlawn Cemetery first discovered some of the glasswork in a Gilded Age temple erected for a New York merchant and the son of a Spanish general. Experts inside discovered a variety of glass items that no one had seen before - despite being seasoned officials well versed in the matter. The experts are now in the middle of an unprecedented survey that will see them peruse 1,200 more windows in the cemetery's 1,300 private, free-standing mausoleums. Some have been sealed as early as 1878, and a local business adapted antique keys created by mausoleum makers in the late 19th century to gain admission. The reentries, which will include a condition analysis, photographic record, and archival study on every stained-glass window in Woodlawn's collection, will be carried out by an all-star cast of stained-glass specialists.