Courtesy of Lafayette Magazine / fall 2002 by Paul Willistein
The story of Lafayette's "Alcuin and Charlemagne" Tiffany window
reads like a good mystery, replete with its alleged destruction
in a fire, its discovery on campus in storage, and a restoration
championed by The window was made in 1898 by the Tiffany Glass
and Decorating Company. Louis Comfort Tiffany is considered the
preeminent stained glass maker. The window was restored at
Willet Stained Glass Studios, Philadelphia. The Willet firm, a
division of Hauser Art Glass, is the oldest stained glass
company in America, having marked its 100th anniversary three
The restored Alcuin and Charlemagne Tiffany will be crated and
placed in storage for installation in David Bishop Skillman
Library, expected to occur in spring 2004. Placement of the
window is in line with Lafayette President Arthur J. Rothkopf's
goal for Skillman to become "the leading symbol on our campus of
Lafayette's commitment to academic "It's a very fine example of
Tiffany at the height o