Nicola D'Ascenzo

'''Nicola D'Ascenzo''' (September 25, 1871, Torricella Peligna, Italy – April 13, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an Italian-born American stained glass designer, painter and instructor.

D'Ascenzo Studios created stained glass windows for hundreds of buildings, notably, Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Princeton University Chapel; Dwight Memorial Chapel at Yale University; Riverside Church in New York City; Loyola Alumni Chapel of Our Lady at Loyola University Maryland; and Folger Shakespeare Library and Washington National Cathedral, and the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C. The studio created stained glass windows, along with mosaics that covered the interior of the sanctuary, dome, and facade of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1916, the studio created four 14-foot-diameter roundel windows of ''His Master's Voice'', the logo of the Victor Talking Machine Company, for the tower of the Victor Building in Camden, New Jersey. The four roundels were replaced by replicas in 2003; the originals are now in museums. Provided by Wikipedia