Katharine Lamb Tait

Katharine Lamb Tait (3 June 1895 – 11 August 1981) was an American stained glass and mosaics designer, painter, muralist, and illustrator.

She designed stained glass windows, mosaics, and other ecclesiastical art, including altar crosses, candlesticks, stone lettering, and woodwork for choir stalls and pulpits.

The window, completed in 1932, illustrated eleven spirituals, including "Go Down Moses," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and "Deep River.

Lamb Studios was to create a number of windows for the Protestant and Catholic Chapels at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Although Tait's work won them the commission, the company did not reveal that a woman would be designing the windows until after details were finalized.

Design drawing for the Froelich Memorial Window in the Newark Museum by Katherine Lamb Tait, J&R Lamb Studios, c. 1927.