I posted a couple of times showing restoration work in progress on a home built in the early 1900s. Previous owners had removed the original designed glass panels and put in plain glass in the front door and thermopane windows in the sidelights with the exterior pane of glass being a clear textured glass. Here is what the entryway looked like before installing the new panels.
In different areas of the home the original glass windows still remain and I wanted to keep the feeling of the original work into the entryway and also adding my own touch to the piece.
Here is the entryway after removing the existing glass and adding in the new panels:
So much better than what was there! It now looks the way the it was intended to be. I added hand beveled glass and created them in a way that adds more depth, dimension and light play by changing the width of the bevel around the shape.
In looking at the bottom bevels the lower section is narrow and gets wider at the top. The bevels in the center of the panels are the same width as the widest part on the bottom bevels and the top row of bevels are the reverse from the bottom bevels. I am very pleased with how these turned out and the clients are ecstatic!
I have been working on the restoration project that I had posted about previously. The design compliments the original panels that are throughout the house as well as adding my own touch by adding hand beveled glass with the bevels having different widths to add depth and dimension. I am finishing up the panel for the front door and will begin the sidelight windows soon.
The bottom bevels have the narrow part on the bottom with the widest part leading to the center. The center bevels have the widest bevels and the top is opposite of the bottom so that all the widest part of the bevels lead to the center. I am using zinc came for stability just as the rest of the windows were fabricated in the 1920s.
