Church of the Ascension, Chicago

The church building has been standing in its present location since 1867. St. Faith's Chapel was added in 1874 by John Addison and it included a new sacristy with a marble altar and reredos.

Salviati made the mosaics on the tabernacle door and the panels on the 1893 altar that was designed by Edward J.N. Stent.

Agnus Dei or Lamb of God in the middle, surrounded by the four Evangelists.

The Crucifixion in mosaic on the Tabernacle door.

 

Sources:
Wright, John. Some notable altars in the Church of England and the American Episcopal Church. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1908. 355.
Giles, George C. History of the Church of the Ascension, Chicago, Illinois 1857-1982.
Church of the Ascension's flickr Photostream
S. Smith Photography
Inner Light Radiant Life

Powerscourt House

This 13th century Irish castle was redesigned 1731-41 by Richard Cassels. Today, it contains among other retail establishments and entertainment venues, a Ritz-Carlton hotel.

A mosaic lunette by Salviati commissioned by the Viscount Powerscourt can be seen above the doorway in this circa 1890 photograph of the saloon. It seems to depict a young child or perhaps a cherub.

The saloon, pictured here in another view circa 1865-1914, was located above the main entrance hall and measured sixty by forty feet. It was famously used to host King George IV in 1821.

Unfortunately, the house was gutted by a fire in November of 1974 and the minimal restoration of 1996 did not extend to the mosaic, nor the paintings in the niches above.

However, Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon used Powercourt's saloon as a substitute for interior shots of a German Baroque palace just a few months before the fire and therefore serves as a record of the lost interiors.

The 1955 movie Captain Lightfoot with Rock Hudson also features the salon before it was destroyed, including one scene of a grand ball.

Today, the saloon is known as the ballroom and is used as an event and wedding venue.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 126.
Wikipedia: Powerscourt
Wikipedia: Barry Lyndon
Powerscourt House and Gardens
National Library of Ireland
Corbis
RWDP
dezgeist
MajorCalloway's flickr Photostream
Larry McMahon Photography

St. Oswald's Church, Fulford

Considered the 'new' church of St. Oswald's, architect James Pigott (J.P.) Pritchett designed the building that was opened in 1866.

However, a fire soon damaged the church and it was restored 1877-78 without its original spire, which was considered unsafe to keep.

Located under the east window, the Salviati reredos from 1870 depicts the Lamb of God in the center, flanked by the usual symbols of the four Evangelists on either side. Each end also contains two figures.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2005. 125.
Pevsner, Nikolaus and David Neave. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. 427.
British Listed Buildings
British History Online
Amazon
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Hinson, Colin. Genuki. 2009.

Russian Orthodox Church, Baden-Baden

This church was built 1881-82 by St. Petersburg architect Ivan Strom (or Schtrom), who also worked on St. Vladimir's Cathedral in Kiev.

The Salviati mosaic of The Transfiguration above the entrance was ordered by Baroness Plessen, a close relative of Tsar Nicholas II, and may have been designed by Russian painter Grigor Gagarin.

Sources:
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia DE
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 130.

All Saints Babbacombe

William Butterfield designed this church - also known as the Parish Church of All Saints, Torbay - that was built 1868-74.

The chancel mosaics, depicting Saints John Chrysostom, Peter, Paul and Athanesius on an elongaged hexafoil background, are by Salviati.

Sources:
British Listed Buildings
All Saints Babbacombe
Ollie_57's flickr Photostream
David Nicholls' flickr Photostream

St. David's Cathedral

This is a late-Norman cathedral in Wales that has undergone numerous renovations over the centuries including one by G.G. Scott 1862-70.

A carved screen separates the nave from the choir, beyond which is the presbytery containing the high altar.

Designed by John Hardmann Powell, three mosaic panels from 1871 decorate the high altar.

The crucified Jesus, John, Mary Magdalene and Mary in the central panel.

Ecclesia, representing the Christian Church, is on the left.

Synagoga, symbolizing the Jewish synagogue, is on the right.

Sources:
Imaging the Bible in Wales Database
Sacred Destinations
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.
Wikipedia

Poznanski Mausoleum, Lodz

Izrael Poznanski, a local textile magnate, donated 10.5 hectares of his own land to the city of Lodz in order to build a new Jewish cemetery in 1891 after the original "Old Cemetery" of 1811 proved to be too small. Since then, it has become the biggest Jewish cemetery in Europe.

Poznanski died in 1900 and along with his wife Eleanora, is entombed in this grand, open-air mausoleum resembling a Greek temple that was designed by architect Adolf Seligsohn of the Berlin firm Cremer and Wolffenstein. It was built 1903-05.

The oriental-style mosaics found in the dome were restored in 1993.

Sources:
Wikipedia
Wikipedia DA
A Virtual Tour of Jewish Lodz 
Magic Madzik's flickr Photostream
ZzZachary's flicrk Photostream
Jewish Community of Lodz
Centrum Dialogu
Bedoire, Frederic. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture: 1830-1930. Jersey City: KTAV Publishing, Inc., 2004. 404, 412.