 |
 The
twelve stained glass windows of the Provinces and Territories designed
by Eleanor Milne for the House of Commons were done in the traditional stained
glass manner, a costly and slow process. The glass used in the windows was
supplied in two by three foot sheets, between two and four inches thick
imported from Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and the U.S. Milne collaborated
with the Scarborough, Ontario firm of Russell Goodman and Family. It took
three years to plan and execute the windows. They were installed beginning
in 1971, with the ten largest measuring 27 x 9 feet. Each window features
the floral emblems of a specific province or territory, with ferns acting
as links from window to window. It is suitable that the House of Commons
commissioned stained glass for their tall Gothic windows, referencing back
to the most active period in stained glass history. |
