• Artist: Henry Willet

• Title: Musser Park

• Year: n.d.

• Medium: glass

  Lancaster Museum of Art Collection, Lancaster, PA

Willet Studios began with founder William Willet, an artist and leader in the American Gothic Movement, in 1898 in Philadelphia, PA. William created traditional designs that rivaled the works found in the finest European Cathedrals. William's son, Henry Lee Willet, took over the studio after his father's death. Under Henry’s guidance, the studio experimented with new techniques, and in the 1950s, was one of the first American studios to design and fabricate faceted glass windows. Willet Studio also developed the famous sculptured gold window technique and experimented with laminating stained glass, a technique known as Farbigem. Henry Lee Willet was an undeniably dynamic force in American stained glass until his death in 1983.

Willet stained glass windows can be found in The Church Center at the United Nations, New York City; The National Cathedral, Washington DC; St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco; among others. In addition, Willet windows are part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, DC and the Corning Glass Museum of New York.