extravagantly designed antique american aesthetic movement long and narrow interior residential leaded art glass window possibly executed by the mcculley & miles company, chicago, il. the richly colored stained glass window was salvaged from the extant david caleb cook mansion, located in elgin, il. the victorian era window features an unusual panel consisting of gridded chunk glass in a seemingly random arrangement of colors (e.g., red, amber and blue). the upper panels are heavily adorned with intricately designed leafage surrounding jeweled flowers. note the subtle changes in background hue (comprised of hammered cathedral glass). the original cherry wood window sash frame is mostly intact and structurally sound. the window does contain some minor damage along the outer edges. 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 61 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches.