FEATURE Image: ASSUMPTION WINDOW (central panel/detail), 1902, St. Michael Church, Chicago. Franz Mayer & Company, Munich, Germany. The angels are not merely decorative details but expressions of the exceptional Munich craftsmanship that transformed St. Michael’s worship space and remain a significant cultural and artistic legacy today. October 2015. Author’s photograph. Assumption window. Above: ASSUMPTION WINDOW … Continue reading Heavenly Messengers in Glass: Franz Mayer’s 1902 Stained-Glass Angels at St. Michael Church in Chicago’s Old Town.