In 1929, an unusual chapel emerged in a small Belgian town. The Sainte-Lutgarde de Fauquez Chapel—nicknamed the Glass Chapel—was built with a striking new material: marbrite, a type of glass that would soon become a hallmark of the Art Deco movement. Built by Arthur Brancart, owner of the Fauquez glassworks, it served both as a chapel for his workers and as a showroom for the factory's prized invention. Marbrite, as its name suggests, was a technique for tinting glass with specific color...
