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The earliest window glass in general use was variously known as 'muff glass', 'broadsheet' or 'cylinder glass'. It was made by blowing a cylindrical vessel which was then opened up at each end and split from end to end to form a sheet. In the late 17th Century this method of production was largely superseded by 'crown glass', also known as spun glass. This produced much clearer glass, involved manipulating and spinning the semi-molten glass to form a disc from which small panes could be cut. Both glass types have a distinctive beauty when light reflects off them. The earliest glass was extremely expensive and was only available in relatively small panes without severe distortion, typically 6" x 6" maximum. As a result almost all windows of the Tudor and Jacobean periods were made up of leaded light panels, often with diamond shaped panes called 'quarries'. The quarries were joined together to form the window light using 'H'-section strips of lead, called 'cames', which were soldered together to make up one large glazed area. (Copper was used in place of lead, particularly during the Arts and Crafts Movement in the late 19th Century). Where flat sections of wrought iron were used to make up a frame, the leaded light was fixed to it with wire secured with lead solder. In later windows a copper rivet was used instead of the wire, but otherwise the design was much the same. In both instances it would have been usual to weatherproof the light at its junction with the frame with putty (a mix of pounded whiting and linseed oil) angled to shed water.
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Stained Glass | Terms & Definitions...
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Quarry: A small, square- or diamond-shaped pane. 
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Not sure if that is the context you're looking for. Bruce

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In 1907 Bertram Goodhue built a townhouse at 106 East 74th Street (demolished in the 1920's) with a Gothic/Tudor front.   The main facade is dominated by leaded glass windows set in bays, Tudor style, but historic photographs reveal no more.

In 1916 House Beautiful wrote "the triple window is leaded with diamond quarries."

What might "diamond quarries" mean in such a usage?

Christopher 

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