Designed and made by Karl Parsons (1884-1934).
From St Michael, Sulhamstead Bannister, Berkshire.
In this window Parsons makes effective use of the sumptuous gold-pink slab glass of which he was so fond. Made by the addition of gold dust to the crucible of molten glass, it was one of the most expensive colours available.
At the age of fifteen, Karl Parsons became a pupil-apprentice of Christopher Whall, the leading artist and teacher of the Arts and Crafts movement. From 1908 to 1930 Parsons had his own studio in the Glass House in Fulham where he developed a number of his own innovative techniques to increase the technical richness of his windows. He taught at both the Royal College of Art and the Central School of Arts & Crafts.
Inv. No. 1977/3/2 Presented by the Diocese of Oxford