Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German stained glass artist.

Early life

Zettler was born in 1841.

Career

Signature of the company ''F.X. Zettler''. He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, ''Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 13

/ref> He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in

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, London in 1904-1905.'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 ccessed 7 June 2015 He designed a window depicting ''The Crucifixion'' that today stands in Badin Hall.

Personal life

His father-in-law, Joseph Mayer, was also a stained glass designer.

Death

He died in 1916.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zettler, Franz Xaver 1841 births 1916 deaths German stained glass artists and manufacturers 19th-century German artists 20th-century German artists 19th-century German male artists 20th-century German male artists