Description/    

Created by the Lorin Company in Chartres, this panel represents a couple standing in a whimsical neo-Renaissance portico, which rests on thin columns rising to Corinthian capitals. These columns support an elaborate entablature and arched pediment, from which festoons hang. A castle appears in a fairytale mountain landscape behind.

The two people, a man and a woman, are fully prepared to go hunting. The man holds a greyhound on a leash. A falcon is perched on the lady’s left hand, while with her right hand she points to the coat of arms at her feet. Both are dressed in the French Renaissance style of kings François I and Henri II. The man wears a short doublet over a red shirt, striped two-tone hose and puffed breeches, which like his sleeves are slashed. He wears a very stylish velvet cap with feather. Light green small puffed padded shoulders and a large lace ruff play off the bright red of the lady’s long gown. An embroidered purse hangs from her waist. The pair stands on an architectural frieze adorned with Putti sitting on cornucopia and holding garlands of fruits and flowers, which support a blue shield bearing a gilded monogram – probably an imaginary coat of arms.

The window was made for a property in Nice, the Chateau des Ollières. Through information given by the present Maison Lorin Company, it appears that the window was commissioned in 1882, by Mr. Usquin, a high-level government official. 

The Lorin Company, based in Chartres, signed this stained glass window in 1883. Several techniques were used: the glass was painted with enamels; portions of glass are doubled and painted on both sides, which creates a sense of depth; portions are enameled on one side, acid etched on the other. Some details were most likely done with stencils. With its treatment of details, the transparency of the skin, the rendering of the velvets, this window expresses the best of the stained glass artistic and technical achievement of the period.