BALTIMORE STAINED GLASS

Like most eastern seaboard cities, Baltimore is home to many older houses, some dating back to the mid 1800s.  One common feature in these homes were functional transoms. 

You still see them in row houses built well into the 1930s and '40s, before they began to disappear, as home design became more modern.  Many were utilitarian, to help with air circulation. You find them in row houses all over the city—sometimes with the addresses of the property, and others with beautiful designs like the custom made homes found in Charles Village. 

Our house had many built-in transoms and once I learned to construct stained glass, it was only natural that I would want to give them a unique look. 

The first two are exteriors and inspired by 19th-century designs, Art Nouveau in Red Trim, and Victorian Ribbon with Bevels.  

The third, Victorian style transom with Pressed Glass is my own designs using handmade pressed glass made in Kokomo, Indiana the larger one, Modern geometrics with traditional Victorian border is utilized in an interior bathroom to bring in more light that comes from an interior light shaft.

The next one, Transom with Victorian Medallion is an antique design that leads to a studio style attic room. 

Modern Transom in Aqua Squares and Modern Transom in Blue with Clear Bevels are samples of transoms built in around a former skylight to dress up an indented ceiling space.

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The last series of transoms are right here in Baltimore, in Canton, Wilkens Avenue, Federal Hill, Fells Point with the exception of the last one with three panels which is in an arts and craft house in Rhinebeck, New York..