St. Michael’s windows represent an interesting cross-section of the art of early 20th century stained-glass. Preceded by white leaded-windows, the first addition of the art began with the construction of the Parish House chapel in 1895 with a set of prestigious British Kempe Studio windows. A very modernist Tiffany window was added around 1910, after which the church looked to the Lamb Studio of New York (and after 1930 in Tenafly, NJ) for a more consistent look. The series of windows along the pews have been identified as designed by Ella Condi Lamb, wife of Charles R. Lamb, head of his family’s old business. Their daughter, Katherine Tait, was the head designer of the studios during the period the great windows facing Warren St., and those around the pulpit were added.
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