This window was in rough shape.  Many broken glass pieces, and the lead was bent, broken, or missing.  It was obvious that the window was installed in its original place by 3 massive rebars extending horizontally across the piece, and then trimmed out-it had no frame.  The clients wanted this to become a framed interior hanging piece, so the rebars could be reduced a bit.  They also requested a few gold pieces of glass put in because we knew we had to replace several broken panes and had the opportunity to change the color scheme a bit.

After cleaning the window so I could see the broken glass, I found it was 2 shades of blue-who knew?  It also became apparent that there was so much damage that it would be more cost effective to remove all the old lead, and rebuild the window using the original design.  The original glass was not available so we chose to use a similar textured, lighter blue.  The photo shows how much of the original window was left after taking it apart.

Adding the gold colored glass requested by the client, and the light blue glass, as well as the glass saved from the old window, the color design was changed.  I called the client for them to ok the new look-they were very pleased.

New lead and rebar were added, and then the window was puttied.  Steel reinforcement was added on the straight sides, and reinforced lead was used on the curved top.  Notice the rebar that runs across the piece goes past the edge of the window to be integrated into the hardwood frame.

Restoration complete and strong.  Can't wait to see it in it's custom made frame hanging in front of a large window.