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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring pilasters, cartouches, medallions with profile portraits, festoons of leaves, scrolling leaves, console tables, incense burners, and candles. A scale below. The plate is numbered.

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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted saints, a cross, festoons of leaves, masks (mascarons), pilasters, a broken pediment, sculpted angels, and topped with the sculpture of Jesus surrounded by sun rays and clouds. A plan view of the altar is included below along with a scale. The plate is numbered.

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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted saints, flaming vases, festoons of leaves, masks (mascarons), fluted pilasters, putti, cartouches, brackets, and a model of a domed church. A scale below. The plate is numbered.

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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted saints in niches, pilasters, a pediment, balustrade, finials in the form of a cross and flaming vases, cartouches, sculpted female figures a top the pediment, draped textiles, brackets, c-scrolls, festoons of leaves, masks (mascarons). A plan view of the altar is included below along with a scale. The pl

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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring fluted pilasters, a molded frame, trophies, incense burning finials, a cross, cartouche, and festoons of leaves. A scale below. The plate is numbered.

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Altar Design

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted figures, angels, columns, festoons of leaves, a broken pediment, obelisks finials with fleurs-de-lis, cartouches, and model of a church. A scale below. The plate is numbered.

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drawing

Altar Lamp

Vertical rectangle. Design for an altar lamp hung from three chains, starting from calyces upon the heads of birds. Two waved garlands of leaves are intertwined at the body. The birds stand between the garlands, and a mask is at the front. Three flames burn at lamp's opening.

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drawing

Altar Lamp

Vertical rectangle. Design for a lamp; the main part of the body with garlands supported in front by two cherubim. At left, allegorical figure of Justice, and at right of Strength, are sitting upon volutes; behind the figures are fastened chains. Five flames are burning at the lamp's central opening. Above, the ring at the top of the lamp is supported by a dragon. The lower part of the drawing is

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drawing

Altar Lamp

Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

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drawing

Altar Lamp

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)

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drawing

Altar Lamps, Censers, Incense Boat

Image: 26.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

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drawing

Altar Mensa for the Capella Paolina (Borghese Chapel), Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy

3 pp

Design for an altar mensa intended to be executed in colored marbles and gilded ornaments. At the lateral pilasters is the coat of arms of a Prince Borghese, united with that of his wife, a Colonna. The front of the sarcophagus is supported by balusters, the upper parts of which are in front of the sarcophagus. Above the balusters, a lion mask with handles. In the middle is an oval of palm branche

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