A Style Guide For Your New Glass

Included here are a collection of windows created in a wide variety of styles,

and various types of glass. There are many diverse styles of design, colors and
methods of creating with glass available for consideration to reach the final
look and feel of a completed body of work. Once the direction of your project
is established, the combination of color, texture, and light plays a major role in
determining how successful the outcome of the stained glass window will be.
The following pages of window images are broken into six basic categories to
aid only as a starting point in that decision for the style of glass which might
best fit the needs of the individual environment which will house them.

Traditional-styled
stained glass, often
heavily painted,
conveying biblical
scenes from the life
of Christ and complimenting more
classically-styled
architecture.

Patterned stained
glass is designed with
repeating shapes, sizes
and colors that present
symmetry in multiple
windows and allows
for a lower cost of
production.

Contemporary
stained glass is often
less painted, using
larger bold-colored
glass and is more
abstract in design.

Tiffany-styled stained
glass often contains
intricately cut opaque
or opalescent glass,
overlaid with wide
varieties in thickness.

Faceted glass, or dalle

de verre employs thick
slabs of colored glass,
set into epoxy rather
than lead cames. Its
appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic,
but the glass glows with
light-filled color.

Leptatart glass is the

signature etched glass
of CSS, which creates a
deeply etched, crystalline
surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition
between adjoining areas.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

Replicated 1916 stained glass window panel that is unsigned

but attributed to Emil Frei Art Glass Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Designs St. John Neumann Catholic Church

Knoxville, TN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Designs St. John Neumann Catholic Church

Knoxville, TN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Designs St. John Neumann Catholic Church

Knoxville, TN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Design Private Residence

Oceanside, CA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Design Sample

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Design Sample

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design St. Johns Church, Omaha, NE

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

CSS Original Design St. Joseph's Hospital, Flint, MI

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design St. Christopher Catholic Church, Hobe Sound, FL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Designs The University of Notre Dame, Duncan Hall
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2009 Designs The University of Notre Dame, Law School Chapel
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2009 Designs The University of Notre Dame, Law School Chapel
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2009 Design The University of Notre Dame, Geddes Hall
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2009 Design - detail from triptic window

The University of Notre Dame, Geddes Hall
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

Stinson-Remick Hall Chapel
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

Stinson-Remick Hall Chapel
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

Stinson-Remick Hall Chapel
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

Stinson-Remick Hall Chapel
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2009 Design The University of Notre Dame, Ryan Hall
Notre Dame, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Modified Traditional Designs St. Anne Catholic Church
Sherman, TX

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original 2008 Modified Traditional Designs St. Anne Catholic Church
Sherman, TX

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Designs Holy Spirit Catholic Church

Lubbock, TX

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design Private residence

Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Designs

St. Augustine
Brighton, CO

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Designs

Mary Queen of Heaven
Chicago, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

Historic window from CSS Archives

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

Historic window from CSS Archives

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

St. Augustine
Brighton, CO

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Design

St. Augustine
Brighton, CO

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

CSS Original Designs Private residence

West Bend, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

Conserved by CSS Grace Episcopal Church

Madison, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Traditional-styled stained glass, often heavily painted,

conveying biblical scenes from the life of Christ and
complimenting more classically-styled architecture.

Conserved by CSS Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, GA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

Replicated by CSS Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

Conserved by CSS Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

Conserved by CSS University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

Chicago, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

CSS Original Design Northwestern Mutual

Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

CSS Conserved Two Medallions and Incorporated them

into New Patterened and Hand Painted Glass Panels
St. Mary's Catholic Parish
Amarillo, TX

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

CSS Original Design All Faiths Chapel at Boys Town

Omaha, NE

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Patterned stained glass is designed with repeating

shapes, sizes and colors that present symmetry in multiple
windows and allows for a lower cost of production.

CSS Original Design St. Louis Catholic Church

Memphis, TN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design Our Lady of the Isle

Grand Isle, LA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Designs Our Lady of the Isle

Grand Isle, LA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

Designs by Sister Marie Teresita Kim, SND

Carmelite Monastery of New Orleans
Covington, LA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Designs - Six Separate Windows

St John the Baptist Church
Costa Mesa, CA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Designs - Four of Eight Sanctuary Windows

St John the Baptist Church
Costa Mesa, CA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Designs - Four of Eight Sanctuary Windows

St John the Baptist Church
Costa Mesa, CA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design

New stained glass above, and on
each side of the entryway doors
St John the Baptist Church
Costa Mesa, CA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

Design by Dale Olsen

Christ Church
Oakbrook, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

Design by Dale Olsen

Christ Church
Oakbrook, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

Interior view

Exterior view
CSS Original Design LaPorte Hospital Family Chapel
LaPorte, Indiana

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design - Blessed Sacrament Chapel

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
New Berlin, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

New Berlin, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design San Camillo Retirement Community

Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design Bishop ODonnell Holy Name Memorial Chapel

in the Bishop OConnor Pastoral Center
Madison, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design Our Shepherd Lutheran Church

Greendale, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design Greendale Community Church

Greendale, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design National Shrine of St. Therese

Darian, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS Original Design National Shrine of St. Therese

Darian, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Contemporary stained glass is often less painted,

using larger bold-colored glass and is more
abstract in design.

CSS original designs Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Tiffany-styled stained glass often contains

intricately cut opaque or opalescent glass,
overlaid with wide varieties in thickness.

Conserved by CSS Old Stone Church

Cleveland, OH

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Tiffany-styled stained glass often contains

intricately cut opaque or opalescent glass,
overlaid with wide varieties in thickness.

Conserved by CSS Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ

Indianapolis, IN

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Tiffany-styled stained glass often contains

intricately cut opaque or opalescent glass,
overlaid with wide varieties in thickness.

Conserved by CSS Broad Street Presbyterian Church

Columbus, OH

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Tiffany-styled stained glass often contains

intricately cut opaque or opalescent glass,
overlaid with wide varieties in thickness.

Conserved by CSS Broad Street Presbyterian Church

Columbus, OH

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Faceted glass, or dalle de verre employs thick slabs of colored glass,

set into epoxy rather than lead cames. Its appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic, but the glass glows with light-filled color.

CSS Original Design St. Adalbert Cemetery and Mausoleum

Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Faceted glass, or dalle de verre employs thick slabs of colored glass,

set into epoxy rather than lead cames. Its appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic, but the glass glows with light-filled color.

CSS Original Design Studio Collection

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Faceted glass, or dalle de verre employs thick slabs of colored glass,

set into epoxy rather than lead cames. Its appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic, but the glass glows with light-filled color.

CSS Original Design Studio Collection

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Faceted glass, or dalle de verre employs thick slabs of colored glass,

set into epoxy rather than lead cames. Its appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic, but the glass glows with light-filled color.

CSS Original Design St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery

Palatine, IL

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Faceted glass, or dalle de verre employs thick slabs of colored glass,

set into epoxy rather than lead cames. Its appearance often is
reminiscent of mosaic, but the glass glows with light-filled color.

CSS Original Design St. Marys Greek Ruthenian Church

New York, NY

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design Studio Collection

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design San Camillo Retirement Community

Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design Newcastle Place - Senior Retirement Community

Mequon, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS Original Design Newcastle Place - Senior Retirement Community

Mequon, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS original design Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Wauwatosa, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS fabrication of client design Gonzaga Preparatory School

Spokane, WA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS fabrication of client design Gonzaga Preparatory School

Spokane, WA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS fabrication of client design Gonzaga Preparatory School

Spokane, WA

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

Leptatart glass is the signature-etched glass of CSS, which

creates a deeply etched, crystalline surface of varied textures.
Often used as a partition between adjoining areas.

CSS original designs Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory

Milwaukee, WI

Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.