This beautiful book presents an extraordinary art: that of stained glass, which has undergone several aesthetic and technical revolutions, including a third golden age in the 19th century. Touraine, rich in a good number of old stained glass windows, participated in this revival of interest. It was then that artists from various territories founded glass painting workshops. Some of them were very successful at the dawn of the industrial era, and this is how the Manufacture de vitraux peints de Tours was born. Other workshops are active in Indre-et-Loire, making the department a real hotbed of creation that attracts skilled talents in fields such as architecture, painting and decorative arts. More information on the website of Lieux-Dits.