GIRL DANCING
Brief description: Stained glass light depicting a girl dancing. Designed and made by Thomas Cowell in the 1920's
Girl Dancing is one of two panels on the theme made in the 1920s by Thomas Cowell (1870-1944) for the bathroom of his family home in Surbiton, Surrey. A central blue acid-etched roundel depicts a girl, facing left, with long flowing hair, dancing over a moonbeam. The roundel is set in diamond quarries with small coloured pieces set in interstices made using small off-cuts of slab glass. The artist celebrates the lively and sparkling qualities of the slab glass material. At the bottom of the window there is a suggestion of some waves, and at the top some coloured clouds. The dancer is said to be inspired by the American dancer, Isadora Duncan (1877/78-1927), who performed throughout Europe and USA to much acclaim and was known for her free and natural movements.
Object type: stained glass light
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1
Production period: 1920s
Designer: Thomas Cowell (1870 - 1949)
Dimensions: Height: 640 mm, Width: 420 mm
Original location: Thomas Cowell's bathroom Surbiton Surrey England
Acquisition: gift 3.7.1993
Acquisition source: Estate of Thomas Cowell
Bibliographical references: Cormack, Peter, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (2015), pp. 173-176, 184, 215-216.
Accession number: ELYGM:1993.5.2
