Mary Lowndes (1856-1929)
She studied art in London at the Slade School of Fine Art. After school she designed stained glass works, arranged for her own commissions, and had the works made by James Powell and Sons. She did some work with Powell's head stained glass designer Henry Holiday, until he started his own studio. She then began work in Southwark as a stained glass artist for Britton and Gilson. In 1897, with the then foreman of the firm, Alfred J. Drury, she founded Lowndes & Drury.