Re: [padg] stained glass restoration

[Annie Armour <aarmour@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lisa,


Brenda Belfield does our stained glass windows.  Her info. is:
11557 Maple Ridge Road
Reston, VA 20190
Belfieldstudio@xxxxxxx
(703) 471-0099


We (University of the South) recently had all our stained glass windows
refurbished (several million dollars' worth), and the person above did it
all. Everyone is quite happy with the results. Our chapel is quite large,
fashioned after Magdalen Chapel in Oxford, with at least 12 clerestory
windows, a rose window, and 50 or so smaller ones. We kept her busy for
several years.

Annie Armour
Sewanee, TN
aarmour@xxxxxxxxxxx



At 08:27 AM 6/20/2007, Fox, Lisa wrote:
> Dear colleagues, I am posing
> this query in my personal rather than professional capacity.  My
> parish has allocated money for a significant project to restore our
> stained-glass windows.  We have discovered that some of the lead is
> deteriorating, and the wood around some of the windows is rotting. We
> also plan to replace the deteriorating, yellowed Lexan (?) with a newer
> protective covering. 
>
> We are marooned here in the Midwest, where conservators aren't exactly
> plentiful.  So far, we have identified only one stained-glass studio
> that might do the work: Bovard Studios. 
>
> I would appreciate knowing whether any of you are familiar with that
> studio and can comment on their conservation qualifications.  I
> would also invite any of you who have expertise in this field -- or who
> know of other qualified conservators who work in Missouri -- to contact
> me offline.  I would like to have more bids on this job. 
>
> If my parish were exploring conservation of its paper and photograph
> collections, I would know how to evaluate the potential vendors. 
> But, when it comes to stained-glass conservation/restoration, I am at a
> complete loss. 
>
> Thanks for any assistance you can provide. 
>
> Lisa 
>
> Lisa L. Fox
> Grace Episcopal Church (& Missouri State Archives)
> Jefferson City, MO