The parish church of the Bibbiana district still preserves a series of stained-glass windows in which some distinctive elements of the Chini workshop are clearly recognizable, such as frames with zigzag motifs or patterns of small diamonds and squares, features that date back to Galileo Chini’s style. However, the solid design of the saints’ heads (whose identities are suggested by vaguely Gothic characters), defined by a strongly pictorial monochrome, prominently displayed in each window, points to the hand of Tito Chini, who may have designed them in the second half of the 1920s. This is an interesting example of a series of works where the usual decorative repertoire of the workshop merges with the more solid structure of the figures, better suited to the hand and taste of the young Tito.
Scheda di Marco Pinelli
© Il Filo – Idee e Notizie dal Mugello
Progetto Itinerario Liberty Mugello – Unione montana dei Comuni del Mugello
