Original Door - approx 1901

9 years ago

I'm working on my Queen Anne in the Boston area and in the garage are many of the original features that have remained from when previous owners removed them. A pair of original doors sit there, with an interesting glass feature. Both doors are identical and every glass lite looks like a "knub" and I was told this was the style. Does anyone know what style this would be, and if this in fact how the door would have looked (or has the glass been damaged? I attached pictures as well. I appreciate any insight into anyone may have on doors like this. Thanks for your help!

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pkpk23

9 years ago

The panes are not damaged- you are very lucky to have doors with "bullseye" glass panes and they look to be in excellent condition. This style is decorative, lets in light but also affords some privacy because of glass distortion.

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patrick6584
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you so much. We bought the house a year ago and only recently started going through what was left in the garage. There were a number of doors, screens and tiles from renovation work done in 1925. Its nice to know back then they knew enough not to get rid of it!!
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9 years ago
WOW ...nice doors.

The bullseye is the spot where glass was attached to the tool for hand-worked glass ... they would spin out this big flat circle of glass, and cut small panes. The edges were thinnest and most expensive, that piece in the middle was cheapest.

Then it became popular for decor and they deliberately added a daub of glass to panes made by the faster methods.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassblowing
patrick6584
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you so much for your insight! I appreciate it. I will be getting these back up on the house this spring!
Jmc101
9 years ago
If you end up needing to add weatherstripping around the door, check out the spring bronze and felt. I am not connected with this firm, but kilianhardware.com has both.

http://kilianhardware.com/sprinbronwea.html
patrick6584
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you so much!!