truly exceptional and highly unique all original 19th century american victorian era oversized interior residential long and narrow art glass jeweled window attributed to the mcculley & miles company, chicago, il. the completely intact custom-built leaded glass window features a custom hand-painted and kiln fired globe, textbook and inkwell containing feather pens. the top and bottom panels consist of a seemingly random assemblage of brightly colored multi-faceted jewels surrounded by cathedral roll glass arranged in a "crazy quilt" pattern. the outer border consists of a rich dark cobalt blue flash glass. the original varnished cherry wood window sash frame is structurally sound and stable. the art glass window was salvaged from the extant david c. cook mansion, located in elgin, il. david c. cook, founder of a prominent religious publishing operation, built the high victorian queen anne chateauesque style mansion on the corner of gifford and division streets in 1885. in 1945 the grand residence was converted (i.e., modernized and expanded) into the mary margaret nursing home and later renamed the bowes retirement center. fortunately, interior elegant furnishings located on both the first and second floors were left intact from the time of mr. cook's occupancy. the fate of the house remains uncertain. measures 62 x 18 inches.