This month’s City Daily Photo theme is the beauty of simplicity. I love the simple lines of this little lead light window in my kitchen. The stone in the middle is a cabochon from Chartres Cathedral. When the previous owners heard that the cathedral was selling off cabochons left over during renovation of the cathedral’s 13th century stained glass windows famous for their luminous blue, they bought one and mounted it. The windows escaped damage from bombing during the First and Second World Wars because they were entirely dismounted and safely stored. I feel very privileged to own a tiny part.
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Le thème de City Daily Photo ce mois-ci est la simplicité. J’adore les lignes très simples de ce petit vitrail dans ma cuisine. La pierre au milieu est un cabochon qui provient de la cathédrale de Chartres. Lorsque les propriétaires précédants ont appris que la cathédrale vendait quelques cabochons qui restaient après la rénovation des vitraux du 13ème siècle célèbres pour leur bleu lumineux, ils en ont acheté un et l’ont monté. Les vitraux n’ont pas été endommagés par les bombardement pendant les premières et deuxièmes guerres mondiales car ils ont été entièrement démontés et entreposés. Je me sens très privilégiée de posséder cette toute petite partie du patrimoine.
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14 replies on “City Daily Photo Theme Day – The Beauty of Simplicity”
Simply beautiful!
Great theme day shot.
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Beautiful colors and lines…simplicity with detail.
Simply beautiful and what a special piece of history to look at every day. Enjoy!
Such a pretty blue!
This must bring a bit of the sacred to your kitchen. Simple, yes, and glowing.
Lovely story. Stunningly beautiful! How lucky that the previous owners had such vision.
Best wishes, Pamela
Very pretty and stylish.
I love the colours too.
Lovely photo!
How beautiful !
Good choice and fine interpretation of the theme !
What a wonderful idea. Having one’s own stained glass every day. I can’t think that They would sell off anything like that these days.
Thank you everyone for all your lovely comments about my window!
Beautiful window. I love it.
Gorgeous!