A stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe

A stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, arched form decorated with Christ, a child before angels, playing instruments and holding the curtain top unsigned height 95cm. high Provenance Elstree School Chapel J Longman & Son, Funeral Directors, Mortuary Chapel, 11 King Street, Watford The windows designed for the Elstree School Chapel, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, range in date from 1877 to 1926 and are described by Margaret Stavridi as 'a wonderful range of windows'. In the late 1950s, the school had long since moved location, the windows were sold to J Longman before the chapel was demolished. Longman installed them in his funeral chapel at 11 King Street, Watford. Literature Margaret Stavridi Master of Glass, Charles Eamer Kempe 1837-1907, John Taylor/The Kempe Society, page 114