Visitors
New Use for an Old Tile
Tim Dunn restores a home in Ladue, MO.
Pieces of the Past
Tim Dunn restores storefronts in Palestine, TX.
Makeover Aims to Light up Downtown
Tim Dunn restores the Zoe Theater in Pittsfield, IL.
A GLASS BY ITSELF
Vitrolite finds itself once again in demand – an article from the Kansas City Star.
Rivoli Theatre
Tim Dunn in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, restoring the Vitrolite on the Rivoli Theatre.
GREETINGS FROM THE VITROLITE SPECIALIST
Tim Dunn's 2008 letter.
Glass Rejuvenated at Former Gibson Building
Tim Dunn in Appleton, Wisconsin, working on the former Gibson building.
Vitrolite Needed for Deco Theater Refurb
Vitrolite restoration of the Augusta Historic Theatre.
Visiting Specialist Fixes Old-Style Glass
Tim in Mt. Vernon, Il.
Stylin' Tiles
Tim Dunn at the Fox Theatre in Aurora, CO.
Restoring History Piece By Piece
A new project in Chillicothe, Mo.
A message from Tim Dunn
Tim looks back on 2005.
Vitrolite Restoration in Charleston, WV, Beeville, TX, McMinnville, TN and more
With photos of the restored sites.
Vitrolite:
Glass and class of the past
Art glass of yesteryear offers a beautiful choice.
The Oman of Vitrolite
All about Tim Dunn's work with pigmented
structural glass from the Old House Web.
Walt
Theater Slide Show
Tim Dunn reworks the historic theater
in New Haven. MO.
A Modern-Day Vitrolite Mine by Edelene Wood
West Virginia's Parkersburg-Vienna area was a
well-known source of world famous Vitrolite glass manufacturers in the
decades of 1907-1937. The colorful, opaque Vitrolite is a structural glass
whose creation began with 2000 pounds of sand. more...
The Vitrolite Man by Wayne Curtis
Restoring a storefront? Need maroon glass? A St. Louis man has just the thing you're
looking for. more...
Glass With Class by Tim Dunn
Since its heyday, Vitrolite has responded well to the respectful homeowner and
the hands of a craftsperson who has the patience and understanding to
bring it back to its natural grandeur. more...
Introduction
to Vitrolite Structural Glass
This handsome and versatile building material,
so much a part of the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles, was
used primarily for interior and exterior wall surfacing. The
use of Vitrolite and other pigmented structural glass reached its heyday
in the 1920's and 1930's. more...
About
Removing Vitrolite...
Removal of existing glass panels from a wall
is an exacting operation because the mastic used to attach the glass panels
may have become hard and extremely difficult to separate from the ribbed
backing of the glass. more...
About
Installing Vitrolite...
Due to an accumulation of soot behind the glass,
the surface of the masonry substrate usually needs to be cleaned before
panels or a wall of pigmented structural glass are reinstalled. more...
In
the News: The Gem Theater
A sellout crowd celebrated the rebirth of the
85 year-old Gem Theatre at a gala opening Saturday night in the 18th &
Vine Historic District. more...
In
the News: The Ritz Theater
Culver says he was pleased to hear the
Ritz so highly regarded as a period architectural treasure, with absolutely
no art deco theatre quite as unique anywhere else. .more...
Q&A with
Tim Dunn
Tim answers questions about Vitrolite removal,
installation, care and planning. more...
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In the News:
Missouri man puts sparkle in Princess
The Decatur Daily--
Tim Dunn believes he's the country's only specialist in the colorful structural
glass used in many Art Deco and Art Moderne buildings of the 1920s and
1930s.
The Missouri man travels around the country restoring and replacing this pigmented glass, and he's popped in and out of Decatur for several weeks to work on the Princess.
"Vitrolite was a slick finish for the look of that era," he said, and he pointed out the "speed lines," or accent strips that form a design high on the building.
The Princess is the sixth performing arts theater or movie house he's worked on in two years,