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In 1248, King Louis IX of France left for the Crusades knowing that his position as the ‘most Christian’ king was manifested in Sainte Chapelle.
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Mount Sinai Window, 1923, Tiffany Studios (Ecclesiastical Department), streaky colored glass, lead, paint, Louis Comfort Tiffany signature in lower right corner, Congregation of Beth Ahabah (Richmond, VA)
At the age of seventy-six, Ellis Schwab still remembered when his mother took him to the Tiffany Studios to witness the making of the Mount Sinai Window.
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