Four Fragments from Reims Cathedral
maker
Unknown
Date18th century
Place MadeReims, Champagne, France, Europe
MediumStained glass
Dimensions7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC33n17.1-4
eMuseum ID728105
Previous NumberXU22.1-4
EmbARK ObjectID16976
TMS Source ID5300
Last Updated8/14/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryChester Howell, an ambulance driver during World War I, gathered these fragments of stained glass after the German bombardment of Reims Cathedral on September 19, 1914. The French cathedral was still in ruins more than three years later when he collected them. Other pieces were set into a glass panel (C8e1) now on view in the Chinese Loggia. Isabella kept these leftover pieces in her personal treasure trove, the Vatichino.
ProvenanceNotesFragments of stained glass windows from Reims Cathedral shattered by German bombs during World War I, gathered by Chester A. Howell, American ambulance driver, between Ludes and Reims, France in May-June 1918.
Gift from Chester A. Howell to Isabella Stewart Gardner, December 1919 through the interior decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934).
Gift from Chester A. Howell to Isabella Stewart Gardner, December 1919 through the interior decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934).
