The Excelsior Shoe Factory was located on the present corner of Benjamin Franklin and Carlos B. Zetina Streets (named after the man who founded Excelsior in 1902 who later became a senator, as well as presidential candidate) in the Tacubaya district of Mexico City.
Salviati made a mosaic in the crescent over the entryway representing Labor.
Today, the Universidad La Salle stands in the location.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 139.
Taringa!
El Modo Museo
Bulletin of the Pan American Union. vol LVI, 1923. 344.
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Friday, November 27, 2015
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Roscommon
Irish architects Walter Glynn Doolin and Patrick J. Kilgallin designed this church that was begun in 1897 and opened in 1903.
The east-facing facade contains Salviati mosaics including one showing local bishop Laurence Gillooly (holding a map) on the tympanum above the main door. The others depict the Martyrdom of St. Laurence, St. Vincent de Paul and the Sacred Heart.
The sanctuary walls are covered by mosaic angels and the Evangelists. Between the windows, figures of the founding fathers of most of the major European religious orders can be seen.
The floor of the church is also paved in mosaics.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 138.
The Ecclesiastical Heritage of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, 32-33.
joekennedy52's flickr Photostream
VMontalbano's flickr Photostream
kterkan's flickr Photostream
The east-facing facade contains Salviati mosaics including one showing local bishop Laurence Gillooly (holding a map) on the tympanum above the main door. The others depict the Martyrdom of St. Laurence, St. Vincent de Paul and the Sacred Heart.
The sanctuary walls are covered by mosaic angels and the Evangelists. Between the windows, figures of the founding fathers of most of the major European religious orders can be seen.
The floor of the church is also paved in mosaics.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 138.
The Ecclesiastical Heritage of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, 32-33.
joekennedy52's flickr Photostream
VMontalbano's flickr Photostream
kterkan's flickr Photostream
Monday, March 4, 2013
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta
Not to be confused with numerous churches of the same name, this one is located in the Crimean city of Yalta in the Ukraine and was constructed 1891-1902 in honor of the late Tsar Alexander II.
The mosaic image of the cathedral's namesake saint on the south-eastern side of the building was manufactured by Salviati.
Sources:
Ukraine Kiev Tour
Jan Erik Forss' flickr Photostream
Marc Weinberg's flickr Photostream
The mosaic image of the cathedral's namesake saint on the south-eastern side of the building was manufactured by Salviati.
Sources:
Ukraine Kiev Tour
Jan Erik Forss' flickr Photostream
Marc Weinberg's flickr Photostream
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