American illustrator Howard Pyle designed only two known stained-glass windows, including this one produced by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Commisioned by the Colonial Club of New York City, this object reflects the stories of the club’s mission, Pyle’s career, and Tiffany’s artsitry in window design. The subject is Anthony Van Corlaer, Peter Stuyvesant’s fictional trumpeter from Washington Irving’s 1809 A History of New York. Pyle’s lively design captured the character’s jovial and boisterous nature. Although Pyle designed this window for the club’s stairway, it is currently on view in his hometown at the Delaware Art Museum, which holds the largest collection of Pyle’s work. Founded as the Occident Club in 1889, the organization changed its name to the Colonial Club in 1890, around the same time they commenced construction of an elegant clubhouse at Broadway and 72nd Street in Manhattan. The Colonial Club was a social club that admitted men and, unusual for its time, women (although they had separate entrances). According to a writer in 1899, “one of the main objects of the club is to preserve colonial and Revolutionary relics.” The club’s goals reflected the ideals of the Colonial Revival in the late 19th century. An avid collector of Colonial-era objects and attire, Pyle found success illustrating American historical texts by authors including Henry Cabot Lodge and Woodrow Wilson, making him an ideal designer for the club’s signature decoration. The window shows a range of techniques typical of ambitious Tiffany windows. The garments are made from drapery glass, which was formed by folding molten glass, and confetti and streamer glass are employed in the background foliage. The hands and faces are painted with care. Some of the distinctive effects in this window—the wine glass, the women’s lace collars—are constructed from the layering of various types of glass.