Workers with Stained Glass Overlay, of Roseville, Minn., climb a scaffold at the Dole Institute of Politics to install 4-foot-by-4-foot glass panels making an American flag.

The Washington National Cathedral’s 200-something stained glass windows feature an eclectic mix of iconography. You’ll find images from the Genesis story and the Book of Revelation, but you’ll also ...

When Michael Cassidy became president of Stained Glass Overlay Inc., a franchised designer glass business, his goal was to invigorate the stagnant string of 350 independently owned franchise outlets.

Workers for stained glass overlay, of Roseville, Minn., climb a scaffold at the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University to install panels of glass that create a 36-foot-high American flag.

Because stained glass overlay uses one piece of glass, rather than smaller pieces, Rufer says it is more structurally sound. And, she says, the Mylar film offers 95 percent ultraviolet ray protection.

SGO stands for “stained glass overlay.” The company creates custom windows that look like actual stained glass, but are really regular windows with a stained glass design applied to the surface.

Miller’s stained-glass windows range in price from $600 to $1,400, and her lamps cost between $895 and $1,400. A single lamp can take her 20 hours to finish. To create one of her copper-overlay pieces ...

Stained Glass Overlay, a national decorative glass company based in California, has a franchise farther down Chestnut Street in the borough, according to its Web site. In other retail news: ...

Martha and Herman owned Stained Glass Overlay of Southern, IN for several years. Herman and Martha were high school sweethearts and graduated from Rockport High School in 1951.