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Franz Xaver Zettler

Franz Xaver Zettler

German stained-glass artist

Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German stained glass artist.

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Early life

Zettler was born in 1841.

Career

Signature of the company F.X. Zettler.

He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.[1]

He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London in 1904-1905.[2] He designed a window depicting The Crucifixion that today stands in Badin Hall.[3]

Personal life

His father-in-law, Joseph Mayer, was also a stained glass designer.[1]

Death

He died in 1916.

Signature at UU Church of Lancaster PA

References

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  1. [1]
    Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 135
  2. [2]
    'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 [accessed 7 June 2015].
  3. [3]
    "Zettler Stained Glass Window". Campus Crucifixes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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