Jugendstil Stained glass window - Amsterdamse provenance - Geometric Floral Design - 1920-1930

Original Amsterdam Stained Glass Window – Early 20th Century – Jugendstil / Geometric Design

Original Dutch stained-glass window originating from a 1912 residential property on Bestevâerstraat in Amsterdam.

The window is a fine example of the stylistic transition taking place in Amsterdam during the early 20th century. Decorative Jugendstil influences were gradually becoming more restrained and geometric – a development that preceded the characteristic Dutch architectural styles of the 1910s and 1920s.

This transition is clearly visible in the design. The window has a strong geometric leadwork pattern, combined with a central circular medallion featuring four stylised green leaves or petals. The use of amber, yellow and green textured glass provides warm colour accents while retaining a light and balanced appearance.

The simplified floral motif is particularly characteristic of the period: natural forms were no longer depicted in the flowing manner of earlier Jugendstil, but increasingly reduced to clean, geometric shapes.

When illuminated by daylight, the amber glass develops a warm golden colour and the green central motif becomes particularly vivid.

Origin: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Provenance: Bestevâerstraat, Amsterdam
Property dating: 1912
Period: Early 20th century
Style: Jugendstil influence / Early Geometric Dutch Design
Material: Glass and lead
Dimensions: approx. 107 × 46 cm

The exact production date of the window cannot be confirmed, but its design is consistent with the architectural period of the property.

An attractive piece of early 20th-century Amsterdam architectural decoration, showing the transition from floral Jugendstil towards the more geometric Dutch design language of the following decades.