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The Mahoney Glass Company was founded by Eloisa Mahoney. They created brilliant murals, mosaics, stained glass windows and lampshades. Mahoney’s genius was recognized in 1895, when she was commissioned to create a rose window for the Cathedral of the Madonna of Leaves. It was twenty-six feet tall and contained over seven thousand individual pieces.

It also caused headaches and eyestrain if viewed for more than ten minutes at a stretch, and so curtains were installed within the cathedral and the window was only revealed during times of special celebration. Mahoney, both embittered and emboldened by her success, went on to create several dozen windows, including that of the Royal Revenue Service, which causes seizures in small children.

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