Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

STAIN-GLASS CHAPEL PANELS

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1996

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, STEEL

No. Pieces

8

Height

3.1

Length

192.5

Width

45.7

Description

SIX WOOD FRAME PANELS HAVE MEDIUM FINISH AND BLUE STAIN GLASS PANES. EACH PANEL HAS RECTANGULAR FRAME WITH HORIZONTAL CROSS PIECES AND AXIS PIECE DOWN CENTER. AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF EACH PANEL IS CYLINDRICAL STEEL PLUG. EACH PANEL HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE GLASS. PANELS FIT INTO TWO 240CM LONG 2X4'S WITH IDENTICAL FINISH AND RECTANGULAR STEEL COLLARS. EACH COLLAR HAS "ACME CAN. PAT. 63" STAMPED INTO IT. FINISH ON BASE AND TOP BOARDS HAS SEVERAL CHIPS AND SCRATCHES.

Subjects

FURNITURE

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

RELIGION

HEALTH SERVICES

History

PANELS WERE DONATED TO REFURNISH THE SECOND FLOOR CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL IN 1965 BY MR. & MRS. R.D. GREUNWALD. THE REFURNISHINGS WERE DONE IN MEMORY OF MR. GREUNWALD'S PARENTS. THE PANELS WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. PANELS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY LOCAL CARPENTER JAKOB MARTENS. IN A STATEMENT MADE ON 16 FEBRUARY 2007, RICHARD (DICK) GRUENWALD, THE CHAPEL’S FINANCIAL SPONSOR, DOCUMENTED THE FOLLOWING: “IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THIS WAS A CATHOLIC HOSPITAL, PRIVATELY OWNED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. MARTHA. THEREFORE, IT WAS EXPECTED THE CHAPEL WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. IT (THE CHAPEL) WAS DECORATED AND UPDATED FOR GREATER USE BY THE STAFF AND PATIENTS … IN THE EARLY 1970’S. THIS (RENOVATION) WAS PAID FOR AND SPONSORED BY AN ESTATE LEFT TO BE USED FOR CHARITY. THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE (DICK) CHOSE TO USE THE MONEY TO REFURBISH THE CHAPEL. (MY) MOTHER (LUCY) LEFT MONEY FOR CHARITY (DECEASED 1 MAY 1970) AND ST. MICHAEL’S HAD NO MONEY FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.” DICK GRUENWALD CLAIMED HIS MOTHER’S ESTATE PAID OUT $5,500 FOR THE CHAPEL. LUCY, HE SAID, “WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF THE SISTERS OF ST MARTHA AND ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL”. DICK SERVED ON THE HOSPITAL’S BOARD IN THE EARLY 70S. ___________________________________________ IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE MET WITH JAKOB MARTENS (WHO HAD PURPORTEDLY MADE THE PANELS) TO DISCUSS THE PANELS. HE SAID THAT THE PANELS WERE NOT HIS WORK. _________________________________ NO RECORD OF DAMAGE CONTEMPORARY TO THIS ARTIFACT’S CONDITION CHANGE (GLASS PANEL BREAK) EXISTS. DAMAGE TO THE TABLE WAS RECALLED TO HAVE OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 2002 AND 2003. IN 2013, TECH KEVIN MACLEAN REMEMBERED COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT TERRA PLATO AS HAVING INADVERTENTLY PUT HER FOOT THROUGH THE PANEL AS SHE WENT ABOUT HER VAULT WORK IN AN AISLE BETWEEN THE ROWS OF PALLET RACKING. AT THE TIME, THE PANELS WERE LOCATED IN THE AISLE. A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS FROM THE BROKEN PANEL IS ATTACHED TO THIS ARTIFACT’S PERMANENT RECORD IN THE EVENT THAT A NEW PANEL CAN BE SOURCED AND RE-INSTALLED.

Catalogue Number

P19960116183

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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