Franz Xaver Zettler Explained
| Franz Xaver Zettler |
| Birth Date: | 1841 |
| Death Date: | 1916 |
| Occupation: | Stained glass designer |
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| Relatives: | Joseph Mayer (father-in-law) |
Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German stained glass artist.
Early life
Zettler was born in 1841.
Career
thumb|right|Signature of the company F.X. Zettler.He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.[1]
He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London in 1904-1905.[2] He designed a window depicting The Crucifixion that today stands in Badin Hall.[3]
Personal life
His father-in-law, Joseph Mayer, was also a stained glass designer.[1]
Death
He died in 1916.
Notes and References
- Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 135 https://books.google.com/books?id=rQDrAAAAMAAJ&q=Franz+Xaver+Zettler
- 'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 [accessed 7 June 2015].
- Web site: Zettler Stained Glass Window. 2021-03-21. Campus Crucifixes. en.
