* Powell (James & Sons). A small collection of original designs for stained glass, Whitefriars Glass Works, late 19th/early 20th century, together 8 pen, ink, and watercolour drawings on heavy stock paper, 5 showing triptychs, and 3 showing single windows, each with calligraphic ink title and manufacturer's name (except one with the information in pencil), further marginal annotations in pencil or ink pertaining to the design, generally dust-soiled, and some spotting and marks, sheet size of largest 34.5 x 28.5cm (13.5 x 11.25ins) and of smallest 25 x 16.5cm (9.75 x 6.5ins)Qty: (8)NOTESWhitefriars Glassworks was England's longest producing glassworks. The firm is believed to have been established in 1680, and was purchased by James Powell in 1834, with production continuing until 1980. Although the firm produced high quality art glass on a par with Tiffany, it is best known for its stained glass. The firm under Powell became an innovative world leader in the field of decorative glass, and business was aided by the building of hundreds of new churches during the Victorian era. During the latter part of the nineteenth century Whitefriars Glass formed associations with a number of leading artists and designers, including Philip Webb, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and William De Morgan. The designs offered here are for: Catthorpe Church, near Rugby; All Saints Church, Woodford Green (North Aisle window); St Mark's Church, Bromley; St John's Ambulance, Clerkenwell; Hereford Cathedral (east window of Crypt Chapel, alternative design); Southwark Cathedral (window over altar in Lady Chapel); Carmelite Church, Kensington; Dunnevirke, Waiapu, New Zealand.