Lillian H. Smith Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto

Stained glass abstract window designed and fabricated by glass artist Thomas Smylie for the Lillian H. Smith public library, Toronto. A dedication ceremony for the new window was held Friday, August 9th, 1996. “Presented to the Toronto Public Library in honour of Lillian H. Smith, Head of the Boys and Girls Division (1912-1952) and the colleagues and friends for whom her belief in children and books is a living philosophy. This window is the gift of the Toronto Public Library Alumni Association and many well-wishers.”

The artwork was fabricated with mouth-blown Lamberts ‘antique’ glass and mouth-blown Fischer gold-pink, along with other French and German mouth-blown glass, and features custom metal attachments. Size: 96″ wide x 36″ high, in a custom frame. On display inside the library on the main floor. Installed in 1996.