Stained glass workshop of the Carmelites of Le Mans

The stained glass workshop of the Carmelites in Le Mans , capital of the department Sarthe in the French region of Pays de la Loire , was from 1853 to 1903 in the Rue de la Mariette no. 116th

Leaded glass window of the Sacré-Coeur Church of the University of Notre-Dame du Lac in South Bend

Leaded glass window of the Sacré-Coeur Church of the University of Notre-Dame du Lac in South Bend

history

Carmelites settled in Le Mans as early as 1830 , where they initially took care of the upbringing of children. In 1833 they moved to a new building and had a chapel built there from 1850, which was consecrated in 1853. Since the construction costs of the chapel were much higher than planned, the nuns were dependent on income. With the help of Eugène Hucher (1814–1889), who also became their first director, they therefore set up a workshop for the manufacture of leaded glass windows .

The Carmelites carried out the first orders together with Antoine Lusson's glass factory. The brothers Karl and Friedrich Küchelbecker, who came from Germany, worked there since 1849. After the death of Antoine Lusson sen. In 1854 the Küchelbecker brothers left the factory and switched to the Carmelite Sisters.

In 1872 the Carmelites sold the stained glass workshop to Édouard Rathouis, a nephew of the superior sister Eleonore. Édouard Rathouis had previously worked as an accountant on a merchant ship and had just returned from a trip to the Orient.

In 1880 the workshop was sold to Eugène Hucher, who ran it together with his son Ferdinand (1850–1903). Ferdinand Hucher took over the workshop after the death of his father in 1889. After the death of Ferdinand, who was unmarried and died childless, the glass painting workshop was closed in 1903.

activity

The stained glass workshop of the Carmelites of Le Mans equipped numerous churches, especially in western France, with leaded glass windows. She also received orders from the United States of America and carried out the restoration of old windows. In its heyday, up to 50 people were employed in the workshop.

Signatures

Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-des-Marais in La Ferté-Bernard with the inscription: CARMEL DU MANS

In the course of the existence of the glass painting workshop, the following signatures were used:

• Carmel Cenom
• Fabrique du Carmel du Mans, Rathouis directeur
• Fabrique du Carmel du Mans Rathouis et Hucher
• Fabrique du Carmel du Mans, Hucher
• Fabrique du Carmel du Mans Hucher et fils successeurs
• Fabrique du Carmel du Mans Ferdinand Hucher

Lead glass window (selection)

Window in the Notre-Dame church in Bû with the signature: CARMEL DU MANS EDOUARD RATHOUIS DIRECTEUR 1873

Window in the Notre-Dame church in Bû with the signature: CARMEL DU MANS HUCHER ET RATHOUIS DIRECT.

Window in the Saint-Cyr church in Sargé-sur-Braye with the signature: CARMEL CENOM

Window in the Notre-Dame church in Saint-Calais, signature: FAB. YOU CARMEL DU MANS HUCHER ET FILS SUCCR

• 1855–1862: 33 stained glass windows in the Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance church in Saint-Brieuc in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• 1958: 18 stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-Blaise in Villeneuve-du-Paréage in the Ariège department
• 1859: Ten stained glass windows (0 to 4, 100 to 104) in the Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul-et-Saint-André cathedral in Saint-Claude in the Jura department
• 1864: Six leaded glass windows (windows 5 to 10) in the parish church of Saint-Denis in Leschères in the Jura department
• around 1865: leaded glass window (window 10) in the parish church of Saint-Maurice in Mainxe in the Charente department
• 1867: Eight stained glass windows (windows 1 to 8) in the parish church of Notre-Dame-du-Roncier in Rostrenen in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• 1868: Five stained glass windows in the choir (windows 100 to 104) in the parish church of Saint-Martin in Le Pertre in the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• 1870: Four stained glass windows (windows 1, 2, 7 and 8) in the parish church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Michel in Quimperlé in the Finistère department
• after 1870: window in the Notre-Dame-des-Marais church in La Ferté-Bernard in the Sarthe department
• 1872–76: Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Jacques in Saint-James in the department of Manche
• around 1872: leaded glass window in the choir of the Sacré-Cœur church in Louverné in the Mayenne department
• 1874–1884: Stained glass window of the Sacré-Coeur Church of the University of Notre-Dame du Lac in South Bend , Indiana (USA)
• 1874: Six stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-Martin in Noyal-sous-Bazouges in the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• 1874: Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Martin-de-Vertou in Dissé-sous-le-Lude in the Sarthe department
• 1874, 1884, 1892: Two stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-André in Exmes in the Orne department
• 1875: Two stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Plénée-Jugon in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• before 1876: stained glass window in the Notre-Dame church in Vitré in the Ille-et-Vilaine department ; Window with scenes from the life of Mary
• 1877: 14 stained glass windows (windows 1, 2, 7 and 8) in the parish church of Saint-Nicolas in Uzel in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• 1879: Stained glass window in the Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire church in Sorède in the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• 1879: Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Hilaire in Bignoux in the Vienne department
• around 1879: leaded glass window (window 10) in the parish church of Saint-Léger in Cognac in the Charente department
• around 1879: Two stained glass windows in the Augustinian monastery in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime department
• 1879: Stained glass window in the Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle chapel in Uzel in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• 1880–1890: Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Paterne in Bellou-sur-Huisne in the Orne department
• 1883–91: Three stained glass windows in the St-Paul-Aurelien Cathedral in Saint-Pol-de-Léon in the Finistère department
• 1884: Stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Martin in Vannes-sur-Cosson in the Loiret department
• around 1892: Two stained glass windows in the parish church of Notre-Dame in Bressuire in the Deux-Sèvres department
• 1893: leaded glass window (window 0) in the parish church of Notre-Dame-du-Roncier in Josselin in the Morbihan department
• 1894: Stained glass window in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Manses in the Ariège department ; Window with scenes from the life of John the Baptist
• Second half of the 19th century: stained glass window (window 1) in the parish church of Saint-Didier in Montoillot in the Côte-d'Or department
• Late 19th century: Four stained glass windows in the Saint-Martin church in La Bruère-sur-le-Loir in the Sarthe department
• Late 19th century: four stained glass windows in the Notre-Dame-de-la-Clarté chapel in Guilligomarc'h in the Finistère department
• End of the 19th century: Ten stained glass windows (windows 0 to 9) in the Saint-Aubin chapel in Pont-Scorff in the Morbihan department
• Late 19th / early 20th century: stained glass window in the parish church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Houdelaincourt in the Meuse department
• Late 19th / early 20th century: three stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Vigneul-sous-Montmédy in the Meuse department
• Leaded glass window in the parish church of Saint-Aubin in Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Sarthe department
• Ten stained glass windows in the parish church of Saint-Thélo in Saint-Thélo in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Leaded glass window in the Notre-Dame church in Saint-Calais in the Sarthe department
• Leaded glass windows in the Notre-Dame church in Bû in the Eure-et-Loir department
• Leaded glass windows in the Saint-Cyr church in Sargé-sur-Braye in the Loir-et-Cher department

Web links

Commons : Fabrique de Vitraux du Carmel du Mans  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stéphane Arrondeau: La fabrique de vitraux du Carmel du Mans (1853–1903): chronique d'une grande aventure part I, Université du Maine, Thèse de doctorat, 1997 (accessed on October 22, 2015, in French)
• Stéphane Arrondeau: La fabrique de vitraux du Carmel du Mans (1853–1903): chronique d'une grande aventure part 2, Université du Maine, Thèse de doctorat, 1997 (accessed on October 22, 2015, in French)
• Stéphane Arrondeau: La fabrique de vitraux du Carmel du Mans (1853–1903): chronique d'une grande aventure part 3, Université du Maine, Thèse de doctorat, 1997 (accessed October 22, 2015, in French)
• Catherine Brisac, Didier Alliou: La peinture sur verre au XIXe siècle dans la Sarthe Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest, Année 1986, Volume 93, Numéro 4, pp. 389–394 (accessed October 22, 2015, French )
• Carmel du Mans Base Palissy (accessed October 22, 2015, French)
• Fabrique du Carmel Base Palissy (accessed October 22, 2015, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église Saint-Blaise, Villeneuve-du-Paréage in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ Église Saint-Blaise, Villeneuve-du-Paréage in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ↑ Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul-et-Saint-André, Saint-Claude in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
4. ↑ Église Saint-Denis, Leschères in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
5. ↑ Église Saint-Maurice, Mainxe in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
6. ↑ Église Notre-Dame, Rostrenen in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
7. ^ Église Saint-Martin, Le Pertre in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
8. ↑ Église Notre-Dame et Saint-Michel, Quimperlé in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
9. ↑ Église Notre-Dame-des-Marais, La Ferté-Bernard in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
10. ↑ Église Saint-Jacques, Saint-James in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
11. ↑ Église Saint-Jacques, Saint-James in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
12. ↑ Église Saint-Martin, Noyal-sous-Bazouges in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
13. ↑ Église Saint-Martin-de-Vertou, Dissé-sous-le-Lude in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
14. ↑ Église Saint-Martin-de-Vertou ( Memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Patrimoine Pays de la Loire 
15. ↑ Église Saint-André, Exmes in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
16. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre, Plénée-Jugon in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
17. ↑ Église Saint-Nicolas, Uzel in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
18. ^ Église Saint-Hilaire, Bignoux in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
19. ^ Église Saint-Hilaire, Bignoux in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
20. ^ Église Saint-Hilaire, Bignoux in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
21. ↑ Église Saint-Léger, Cognac in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
22. ^ Couvent des Augustins, La Rochelle in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
23. ↑ Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle, Uzel in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
24. ↑ Cathédrale Saint-Paul-Aurélien, Saint-Pol-de-Léon in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
25. ↑ Église Saint-Martin, Vannes-sur-Cosson in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
26. ↑ Église Saint-Notre-Dame, Bressuire in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
27. ↑ Église Notre-Dame-du-Roncier, Josselin in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
28. ↑ Église Notre-Dame-du-Roncier, Josselin in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
29. ^ L'Église Saint Jean-Baptiste: Un vitrail original Mairie de Manses
30. ↑ Église Saint-Didier, Montoillot in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
31. ↑ Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Clarté, Guilligomarc'h in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
32. ↑ Chapelle Saint-Aubin, Pont-Scorff in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
33. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Houdelaincourt in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
34. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre, Vigneul-sous-Montmédy in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
35. ↑ Église Saint-Aubin, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
36. ↑ Église Saint-Aubin, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
37. ↑ Église Saint-Aubin, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
38. ↑ Église Saint-Aubin, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
39. ↑ Église Saint-Aubin, Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
40. ↑ Église Saint-Thélo, Saint-Thélo in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)