Art deco became the dominant stained-glass style in New Zealand houses from around 1920 to 1940. It is typified by a lack of coloured glass, more straight lines, symmetry and the use of bevelled glass. This symmetry seems to have been too much for the craftsman as he has made a deliberate mistake – in the top right corner a quarter circle curves inwards instead of outwards.
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Reference: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, Stained glass windows in New Zealand houses. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1983, p. 95
by Jock Phillips
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