Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German
stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
artist.
Early life
Zettler was born in 1841.
Career
Signature of the company ''F.X. Zettler''.
He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.
[Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, ''Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 13]
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He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche
The Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche is a church on Montpelier Place in Knightsbridge, London.'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe ...
in Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End.
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, London in 1904-1905.['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 ccessed 7 June 2015] He designed a window depicting ''The Crucifixion'' that today stands in Badin Hall
Badin (Sindhi and ur, ) is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. It is the 87th largest city in Pakistan.
Badin is often called 'Sugar State' due to its production of sugar.
Badin D ...
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Personal life
His father-in-law, Joseph Mayer, was also a stained glass designer.
Death
He died in 1916.
References
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1841 births
1916 deaths
German stained glass artists and manufacturers
19th-century German artists
20th-century German artists
19th-century German male artists
20th-century German male artists
